Definition: 1. A series of letters, numbers or symbols that represent a rule or law. 2. A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement. 3. Directions for making something. 4. A conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle. 5. A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements. 6. Something regarded as a normative example. 7. A liquid food for infants.
Use 'formula' in a sentence:
1. This treatment speeds fresher, healthy-looking skin cells to the surface with 3 times more of the non-acid skin refinisher of our previous formula.
2. There's no magic formula for success - just lots of hard work.
3. He developed a mathematical formula describing the distances of the planets from the Sun.
4. There's a good explanation for the phenomenon in the book The Formula: The Universal Law of Success by Albert Laszlo Barabasi.
5. The formula for a well-made play required that the certain of these elements be included in a particular order.
6. His father is acting on his formula.
7. The chemical formula for water is H2O.
8. In this paper base tangent length is put forward and lead angle calculating formula is deduced.
9. He asked the teacher how to apply the chemical formula.
10. It's time to reinvent the formula for how work is conducted, since we are still relying on a very 20th century notion of work, Hagel says.
11. The three-fifths formula handed Jefferson his narrow victory in the presidential election of 1800 by inflating the votes of the southern states in the Electoral College.
12. The formula is jealously guarded.
13. Even if they could, SimpliSafe claims that its system is always evolving and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn't be a universal magic formula for cracking it.
14. It is a formula that worked very well indeed.
15. This was surely a magic formula for Old Fan as his head ached each time he heard it.
16. "sincerely yours" is a formula use in letters.
17. This formula cannot be applied indiscriminately.
18. The Wallaces, both children of church ministers, had a clearly defined formula for their "little magazine" as Reader's Digest was originally subtitled.
19. Formula One motor car racing is supposed to be dangerous. 'Indycar' racing is supposed to be more dangerous still.
20. To translate this formula into an expression, you would use variables to record the radius and circumference.
21. A huckster offered to sell Carnegie the formula for guaranteed success for$ 20,000.
22. It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.
23. The formula in Hollywood is simple — money talks.
24. Someone has stolen the secret formula for the liquid that fires our new spaceship.
25. The recommended empirical formulas are provided for reference in practice.
26. Glucose and fructose have the same chemical formula but have very different properties.
27. Clever exploitation of the latest technology would be a sure formula for success.
28. The data he compiled yielded a mathematical formula for the relationship between a room's echo duration, its quantity and quality of sound-absorbing materials, and its spatial volume.
29. There is still no guarantee that a formula could be found.
30. They have thrashed out a compromise formula acceptable to Moscow.
31. They're trying to work out a peace formula acceptable to both sides in the dispute.
32. Look at the ads for Chamber of Secrets, and you'll see that the filmmakers are doing all they can to juice up the formula.
33. Even if they could, SimpliSafe claims that its system is always evolving, and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn't be a universal magic formula for cracking it.
34. The foreign ministers have thrashed out a suitable compromise formula.
35. Doctor Robert Small invented the unique formula of the ice cream.
36. I have decided to retire from Formula One racing at the end of the season.
37. The formula in Hollywood is simple – money talks.
38. Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.
39. Formula One motor car racing is supposed to be dangerous. "Indycar" racing is supposed to be more dangerous still.
40. CO is the formula for carbon monoxide.
41. There is no magic formula for producing winning products.
42. This socialism does not after all offer a magic formula for prosperity and human dignity.
43. There's no magic formula for a perfect marriage.
44. There is no magic formula for passing exams—only hard work.
45. There is no magic formula for passing exams ─ only hard work.
46. After he was officially pronounced the world's oldest man, he offered this simple formula for a long and happy life.
47. The minister keeps coming out with the same tired formulas.
48. These complex formulae are beyond the grasp of the average pupil.
49. This formula is used to calculate the area of a circle.
50. Take it from me — this is the greatest achievement by any Formula One driver ever.
