a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements a liquid food for infants
the mathematical series of numbers and instructions that create the fractal There are an infinite amount of formulae
The scientific expression of the chemical composition of a material (e g , water is H2O, sulfuric acid is H2SO4, sulfur dioxide is SO2)
This is a way, with symbols, to represent a relationship, and solve problems that require you to know that relationship For example, the area of a circle can be found by squaring the radius of the circle, then multiplying it by In symbols, this is A = r²
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"
A query item is either based directly on an item in the database, or on the result of applying a formula to one or more items The Formula Builder enables you to create and change formulae
A type of information that can be entered into a spreadsheet cell It is a mathematical equation consisting of numbers, other cell designators, and symbols for mathematical operations the result of the formula is displayed in the cell that holds the formula (SpSht, Gr 6)
(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"