nouns
a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
directions for making something
a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
is a type of (narrower)
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
"according to his statement he was in London on that day"
a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
something regarded as a normative example
"the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
a liquid food for infants
is a type of (narrower)
any of several nutritive milklike liquids
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
"he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"