Formula

n.	1.	A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.
	2.	(Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.
	3.	(Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.
	4.	(Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.
	5.	(Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound. Empirical formula (Chem.) an expression which gives the simple proportion of the constituents; as, the empirical formula of acetic acid is C2H4O2. Graphic formula (Chem.) an expression of the constitution, and in a limited sense of the structure, of a compound, by the grouping of its atoms or radicals; as, a rational formula of acetic acid is CH3.(C:O).OH; - called also structural formula, constitutional formula, etc. See also the formula of Benzene nucleus, under Benzene. Molecular formula (Chem.) a formula indicating the supposed molecular constitution of a compound.

Noun	1.	formula - a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement Synonyms: expression
	2.	formula - directions for making something Synonyms: recipe
	3.	formula - a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
	4.	formula - a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements Synonyms: chemical formula
	5.	formula - 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" Synonyms: normal, convention, rule, pattern
	6.	formula - a liquid food for infants
	7.	formula - (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" Synonyms: rule

1.		formula - In logic, a sequence of symbols representing terms, predicates, connectives and quantifiers which is either true or false.
2.	(language, music)	formula - FORTH Music Language. An extension of FORTH with concurrent note-playing processes. Runs on Macintosh and Atari ST with MIDI output. ["Formula: A Programming Language for Expressive Computer Music", D.P. Anderson et al Computer 24(7):12 (Jul 1991)].
3.		formula - Preprocessor language for the Acorn Archimedes, allowing inline high-level statements to be entered in an assembly program. Written in nawk.

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