Synonyms:
formula, expression
Meaning: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
Synonyms:
recipe, formula
Meaning: directions for making something
Synonyms:
formula
Meaning: a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
Synonyms:
formula, chemical_formula
Meaning: a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
Synonyms:
convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
Such then is the formula of an absolutely good will.
Stated thus broadly, the formula may appear abstract.
To express this idea by an Hegelian formula, I will say:
As for the Reds--well, Peter groped for quite a time before he finally came upon a formula which expressed his feelings.
Moreover, he was possessed of a formula whereby to extract juice from a flattened lemon, and he would do business with me.
It tends to become a mere verbal formula, a set of catchwords used to render thinking, or genuine theorizing, unnecessary and impossible.
'It shall!' Noakes breathed; and as if conning an oft-repeated formula, he said, 'The entire mass should deepen in color, regularly and evenly. Heat!
This is done in the present (third) formula of the principle, namely, in the idea of the will of every rational being as a universally legislating will.
To all these questions, Brigitte, the housekeeper, answered with the same formula: her mistress was keeping her room, and would see no one, not even her own servants.
This is, of course, mainly a parent's problem and is best solved by resorting to the following formula: Let A and B represent two young girls' finishing schools in the East.