Dictionary entry details
• FORMULA (noun)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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))
