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Formulae vs Equation - What's the difference?

formulae | equation |

As nouns the difference between formulae and equation

is that formulae is irregular plural of formula while equation is (assertion) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.

formulae

English

Alternative forms

* , formulas

Noun

(head)
  • (formula)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    equation

    English

    (wikipedia equation)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
  • (astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * algebraic equation * Arrhenius equation * chemical equation * differential equation * Diophantine equation * Drake equation * integral equation * Kepler's equation * Lagrange's equations * linear equation * Navier-Stokes equation * parametric equation * partial differential equation * Pell's equation * personal equation * polynomial equation * quadratic equation * * Van der Waals equation * wave equation

    Related terms

    * equality * equational * identity * inequation * inequality