formula

(mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.

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

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

A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.

(especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.

(countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula.; drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.

(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.