7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
noun a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
noun directions for making something
noun a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
originLearned borrowing from Latin fōrmula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”). See form.
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