formula
/ˈfɔr·mjə·lə/ n [C/U]Definition
› the exact chemical parts that a mixture consists of: [C] The company announced that it was changing its soft-drink formula to make it sweeter. › Formula is a liquid food mixture that is fed to babies instead of mother’s milk. › A formula is also any plan or method for doing something well: [C usually sing] The formula for success in business, he said, is a willingness to take risks. › mathematics A formula is an equation (= set of numbers and letters representing two equal amounts) that shows how one amount depends on one or more other amounts.
(Definition of formula n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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