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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmula (a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula), diminutive of forma (a form). See form.

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Noun

formula (countable and uncountable, plural formulas or formulae or formulæ)

  1. (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
    Synonym: mathematical formula
    is a formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0.
    Hyponyms: Brahmagupta's formula, Bretschneider's formula, Cauchy's integral formula, Cayley's formula, De Moivre's formula, Euler's formula, Faulhaber's formula, Heron's formula, haversine formula, Jacobi's formula, Legendre's formula, Stirling's formula, Vieta's formulas, Viète's formula
  2. (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
    Synonym: chemical formula
    H2O is the formula for water.
  3. A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
    The company's winning formula includes excellent service and quality products.
    • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:
      Shakespeare has gone back to the formula of last season, by encouraging his players to press high up the pitch and restoring Shinji Okazaki to the starting XI to scurry around between midfield and attack.
    • 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42:
      Delays, large and small, have a huge variety of causes, so there is no magic formula for preventing them.
  4. A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
    The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed.
  5. (chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpeted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
    Avoid the typical epistolic formalae, such as "Kind regards".
  6. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
    • 2004, Thomas Fisch, editor, Primary Readings on the Eucharist, Liturgical Press, →ISBN, footnote, page 34:
      The extract from the Missal of Constance, which was printed before the editio princeps [] does not contain the formulae for Advent, Sundays after Epiphany, Lent and the Sundays after Easter and Pentecost; []
  7. (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula, drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
    They tried switching formulas, and it seemed to work: the baby seemed more content while feeding.
    • 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN:
      Many women advocate for formula, insisting that women who advocate breast-feeding have become self-righteous “lactavists,” as one writer puts it.
  8. (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
    Hyponym: sentence

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Descendants

  • Irish: foirmle
  • Scottish Gaelic: foirmle

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Pronunciation

Verb

formula

  1. inflection of formular:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula (small form), from forma (form).

Noun

formula

  1. formula

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From English formula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈformulɑ/, [ˈfo̞rmulɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ormulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): for‧mu‧la
  • Hyphenation(key): for‧mu‧la

Noun

formula

  1. (motor racing) a Formula One racing car

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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formula

  1. third-person singular past historic of formuler

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