Formulation vs. Formula

Formulation vs. Formula — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Formulation and Formula

Formulationnoun

The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

Formulanoun

(mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.

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

Formulationnoun

A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.

The formulation with the bare infinitive was somewhat less common.

Formulanoun

(chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.

H2O is the formula for water.

Formulationnoun

(medicine) A medicinal preparation.

If you liked our old shampoo, you'll love the new kinder, gentler formulation.

Formulanoun

A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.

The company's winning formula includes excellent service and quality products.
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Formulationnoun

a substance prepared according to a formula

Formulanoun

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.

Formulationnoun

inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally

Formulanoun

A formal statement of doctrine, as in religion.

Formulationnoun

the style of expressing yourself;

he suggested a better formulationhis manner of expression showed how much he cared

Formulanoun

; drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.

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Formulanoun

(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.

Formulanoun

a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

Formulanoun

directions for making something

Formulanoun

a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle

Formulanoun

a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements

Formulanoun

something regarded as a normative example;

the convention of not naming the main characterviolence is the rule not the exceptionhis formula for impressing visitors

Formulanoun

a liquid food for infants

Formulanoun

(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems;

he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signshe gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials