plural of form class

(taxonomy) A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at the rank of genus with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be an artificial group rather than a natural one.

plural of form taxon

plural of reduced row echelon form

(game theory) Formally, a structure (P, mathbf S, mathbf F) where P = {1,2, ...,m} is a set of players, mathbf S=(S_1,S_2,…,S_m) is an m-tuple of pure strategy sets, one for each player, and mathbf F=(F_1,F_2,…,F_m) is an m-tuple of payoff functions.

(game theory) Informally, a representation of a game as a tree of decision nodes, with the game beginning at a unique initial node, and flowing through the tree along a path determined by the players until a terminal node is reached, where play ends and payoffs are assigned to all players; each non-terminal node belongs to a player; that player chooses among the possible moves at that node, each possible move is an edge leading from that node to another node.

(sports) Peak form, optimal form, excellent form.

An alloy that has a narrow solidification range, usually less than 50 °C.

(logic) The form of a boolean formula that the formula has if the formula is a disjunction of conjunctions of literals, such as “(A and B and C) or (D and E and not F)”.

(logic) The form of a boolean formula that the formula has if the formula is a conjunction of disjunctions of literals, such as “(A or B or C) and (D or E or not F)”.