Formula

From Latin formula ("a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula"), diminutive of forma ("a form"); see form.

(plural formulae or formulas or formulÃ¦)

x = \frac {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}{2a} is a formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0''.

2O is the formula for water (Dihydrogen monoxide)''

a plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a resultThe company's winning formula includes excellent service and quality products.
A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed.
Drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
(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.