Main entry: convention, formula, pattern, normal, rule
Definition: something regarded as a normative example
Usage: the convention of not naming the main character; violence is the rule not the exception; his formula for impressing visitors
Definition: (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
Usage: he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs; he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials
Main entry: formula, expression
Definition: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
Main entry: formula
Definition: a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
Definition: directions for making something
Main entry: chemical formula, formula
Definition: a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
Main entry: formula
Definition: a liquid food for infants