Look up: Formal

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   formal
   [adj] - characteristic of or befitting a person in authority 2. [adj] - logically deductive 3. [adj] - (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms 4. [adj] - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
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   FORMAL
   1. FORmula MAnipulation Language. An early Fortran extension for symbolic mathematics. ['FORMAL, A Formula Manipulation Language', C.K. Mesztenyi, Computer Note CN-1, CS Dept, U Maryland (Jan 1971)]. 2. A data manipulation language for nonprogrammers from IBM LASC. ['FORMAL: A Forms-Oriented and Visual-Directed Application System', N.C. Shu, IEEE ...
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   formal
   component of an originator/recipient(O/R)descriptor which identifies the user or distibution list(DL)in question.One of its O/R names Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the study of the structure and form of a valid argument without regard to the meaning of the terms in the argument Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) ...
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   Formal
   For'mal (fôr'm a l) noun [ Latin form ic + al cohol.] (Chemistry) See Methylal .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/64
   
   
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   Formal
   Form'al (fôrm' a l) adjective [ Latin formalis : confer French formel .] 1. Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing. 2. Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, ...
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   formal
   adjective logically deductive; `formal proof`
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   formal
   adjective characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; `formal duties`; `an official banquet`
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   Formal
   • (n.) See Methylal. • (a.) Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation. • (a.) Sound; normal. • (a.) Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished f...
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   formal
   the active or subjective aspect of something-that is, the aspect which is based on the rational activity of the subject. (Cf. material.)
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    Formal
    1. In the traditional use: valid independently of the specific subject-mattei; having a merely logical meaning (see Meaning. Kinds of, 3). 2. Narrower sense, in modern logic: independent of, without reference to meaning (compare Semiotic, 3). -- R.C.
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