formula

Noun

• (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
    

• a liquid food for infants

• 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 representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements

• a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle

• directions for making something

• a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  rule , convention , normal , pattern , chemical formula , recipe , expression