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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 672 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FORMULA (
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Lat. diminutive of forma, shape,
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pattern, &c., especially used of rules of judicial procedure)
  , in general, a stereotyped form of words to be used on stated occasions, for specific purposes, ceremonies, &c . In the sciences, the word usually denotes a symbolical statement of certain facts; for example, a chemical formula exhibits the composition of a sub-stance (see CHEMISTRY); a botanical formula gives the differentia of a plant; a dentition formula indicates the arrangement and number of the teeth of an animal .

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