formula

Significado

1. Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
2. A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
3. A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
4. A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
5. A formal statement of doctrine.
6. Ellipsis of infant formula; drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
7. 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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/

Etimología

Borrowed from Latin formula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”); see form.