Formula meaning

noun

1. a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

   Synonymsexpression

2. directions for making something

   Synonymsrecipe

3. a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle

4. a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements

   Synonymschemical formula

5. something regarded as a normative example

   “the convention of not naming the main character”

   “violence is the rule not the exception”

   Synonymsconventionnormalpatternrule

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”

   Synonymsrule