Synonyms: 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
Similar words: practice
Definition: knowledge of how something is usually done
Usage: it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner
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
Similar words: procedure, process
Definition: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
Usage: the procedure of obtaining a driver's license; it was a process of trial and error
Synonyms: formula, expression
Definition: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
Similar words: mathematical statement
Definition: a statement of a mathematical relation
Synonyms: formula
Definition: a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
Similar words: statement
Definition: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
Usage: according to his statement he was in London on that day
Definition: directions for making something
Similar words: direction, instruction
Definition: a message describing how something is to be done
Usage: he gave directions faster than she could follow them
Synonyms: chemical formula, formula
Definition: a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
Similar words: statement
Definition: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
Usage: according to his statement he was in London on that day
Synonyms: formula
Definition: a liquid food for infants
Similar words: milk
Definition: any of several nutritive milklike liquids