formula

formula
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. rule; expression, equation; recipe. See maxim.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A prescription]
Syn. direction, specifications, description, formulary, recipe; see also method 2 .
2. [A set speech or form]
Syn. rote, creed, credo, ritual, established mode, rubric, code, formal statement; see also custom 1 , 2 .
3. [A statement of a supposed truth]
Syn. ratio, logarithm, equation, recipe, prescription, theorem.
For formulas of the elements; see element 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
recipe, prescription, specifications, method, blueprint, code, system, principle, creed.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A means or method of entering into or achieving something desirable: key, route, secret. Informal: ticket. See MEANS.

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