formula

n 1: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement [syn:

{expression}]

2: directions for making something [syn: {recipe}]

3: a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental

principle

4: a representation of a substance using symbols for its

constituent elements [syn: {chemical formula}]

5: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention

of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule

not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

[syn: {convention}, {normal}, {pattern}, {rule}]

6: a liquid food for infants

7: (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of

problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes'

rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for

attacking polynomials" [syn: {rule}]

formula

1. In logic, a sequence of symbols representing terms,

{predicate}s, {connective}s and {quantifier}s which is either

true or false.

2. FORTH Music Language. An extension of

{FORTH} with concurrent note-playing processes. Runs on

{Macintosh} and {Atari ST} with {MIDI} output.

["Formula: A Programming Language for Expressive Computer

Music", D.P. Anderson et al Computer 24(7):12 (Jul 1991)].

3. Preprocessor language for the {Acorn Archimedes}, allowing

inline high-level statements to be entered in an assembly

program. Written in {nawk}.