DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
formulae
公式,規則,客套話
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
mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with
Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula
for attacking polynomials" [syn: rule]
[also: formulae (pl)]