Meaning of Formula | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
   countable, uncountable
2. Way already established to explain or ask, execute or resolve a thing with precise and determinate words.
3. A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
   countable, uncountable
4. by facultative prescription.
5. A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
   countable, uncountable
6. Note that comprises that that it has to compose a thing, and the way to do it.
7. A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
   countable, uncountable
8. A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpreted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
   countable, uncountable
9. A formal statement of doctrine.
   countable, especially, uncountable
10. Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
11. A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“x=(-b±√)/(2a) is a formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0.”

“H₂O is the formula for water.”

“The company's winning formula includes excellent service and quality products.”

“Shakespeare has gone back to the formula of last season, by encouraging his players to press high up the pitch and restoring Shinji Okazaki to the starting XI to scurry around between midfield and attack.”

“Delays, large and small, have a huge variety of causes, so there is no magic formula for preventing them.”

“The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed.”

“Avoid the typical epistolic formalae, such as "Kind regards".”

“The extract from the Missal of Constance, which was printed before the editio princeps […] does not contain the formulae for Advent, Sundays after Epiphany, Lent and the Sundays after Easter and Pentecost; […]”

“They tried switching formulas, and it seemed to work: the baby seemed more content while feeding.”

“Many women advocate for formula, insisting that women who advocate breast-feeding have become self-righteous “lactavists,” as one writer puts it.”

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