noun
- A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.
- synonyms: expression
- Directions for making something.
- synonyms: recipe
- A conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle.
- A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements.
- synonyms: chemical formula
- Something regarded as a normative example.
- usage: "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
- synonyms: convention, normal, pattern, rule
- A liquid food for infants.
- Mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems. (
- usage: "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
- synonyms: rule