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Formulation vs Equation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between formulation and equation

is that formulation is the act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a 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.

formulation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
  • (medicine) A medicinal preparation

    • Related terms

    * formula * formulate

    Synonyms

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    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