See Also: Formula(medicine)
formula(dictionary)
formula(dictionary)
Formula One(dictionary)
Formula(health)
spatial formula(medicine)
rational formula(medicine)
stereochemical formula(medicine)
official formula(medicine)
molecular formula(medicine)

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[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: 'small form', from forma; FORM1]
[singular] a method or set of principles that you use to solve a problem or to make sure that something is successful
::We're still searching for a peace formula.
formula for
::a formula for the withdrawal of US forces from the area
::There is no magic formula (=a method that is certain to be successful) that will transform sorrow into happiness.
::With viewing figures up a million, the programme has a winning formula .
[C] a series of numbers or letters that represent a mathematical or scientific rule
::the formula for calculating distance
::Sugar is represented by the simple formula CHO.
[C] a list of the substances used to make a medicine, fuel, drink etc, showing the amounts of each substance that should be used
::Our products are handmade from traditional formulas.
Formula One/Two/Three etc
a type of car racing, in which the different types are based on the size of the cars' engines
::a Formula One car
[U] a type of liquid food for babies that is similar to a woman's breast milk
[C] a fixed and familiar series of words that seems meaningless or insincere
::a speech full of the usual formulas and cliches