Noun

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(mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.

$x\; =\; \backslash frac\; \{-b\; \backslash pm\; \backslash sqrt\{b^2\; -\; 4ac\}\}\{2a\}$ is a formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 .

(chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.

H₂O is the formula for water (Dihydrogen monoxide)

a plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result

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

A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.

The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed.

Drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.

(logic) 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.

Noun

(en noun)

(literally)   The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.

(figuratively)   The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.

(figuratively, especially in, computing)   A basic conceptual structure.

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These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.

(literally)   The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.