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(mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
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(chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
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A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
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A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
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(chiefly linguistics) A fixed phrase or set of words intended to be interpeted non-literally, typically used attitudinally or as part of convention; a formulation.
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(especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
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(countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula; drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
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(logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.