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FORMULA (formulae)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does formula mean? 

FORMULA (noun)
  The noun FORMULA has 7 senses:

1. a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
2. directions for making something
3. a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
4. a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
5. something regarded as a normative example
6. a liquid food for infants
7. (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

  Familiarity information: FORMULA used as a noun is common.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORMULA (noun)


Sense 1formula [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

formula; expression

Hypernyms ("formula" is a kind of...):

mathematical statement (a statement of a mathematical relation)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "formula"):

sentential function (formal expression containing variables; becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants)

primitive (a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived)

exponential expression (a mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power)


Sense 2formula [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Directions for making something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

recipe; formula

Hypernyms ("formula" is a kind of...):

direction; instruction (a message describing how something is to be done)


Sense 3formula [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("formula" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)


Sense 4formula [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

chemical formula; formula

Hypernyms ("formula" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Meronyms (parts of "formula"):

chemical notation (a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "formula"):

molecular formula (a chemical formula based on analysis and molecular weight)

empirical formula (a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms)


Sense 5formula [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Something regarded as a normative example

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

normal; convention; rule; pattern; formula

Context examples:

the convention of not naming the main character / violence is the rule not the exception / his formula for impressing visitors

Hypernyms ("formula" is a kind of...):

practice (knowledge of how something is usually done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "formula"):

mores ((sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group)

code of behavior; code of conduct (a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group)

universal (a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings)


Sense 6formula [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A liquid food for infants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("formula" is a kind of...):

milk (any of several nutritive milklike liquids)


Sense 7formula [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

formula; rule

Context examples:

he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs / he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials

Hypernyms ("formula" is a kind of...):

procedure; process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "formula"):

recursion ((mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation)

heuristic; heuristic program; heuristic rule (a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem)

algorithm; algorithmic program; algorithmic rule (a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem)

metarule (a rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI))


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