FORMULA

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

2.
n.

A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.

3.
n.

A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.

4.
n.

A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.

5.
n.

A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.