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for·mu·la

npl  -las  or  -lae   1 a  :  a recipe or prescription giving method and proportions of ingredients for the preparation of some material (as a medicine)  b  :  a milk mixture or substitute for feeding an infant typically consisting of prescribed proportions and forms of cow's milk, water, and sugar : also  :  a batch of this made up at one time to meet an infant's future requirements (as during a 24-hour period)  2  :  a symbolic expression showing the composition or constitution of a chemical substance and consisting of symbols for the elements present and subscripts to indicate the relative or total number of atoms present in a molecule <the s for water, sulfuric acid, and ethyl alcohol are H2O, H2SO4, and C2H5OH respectively>  - see EMPIRICAL FORMULA MOLECULAR FORMULA STRUCTURAL FORMULA  .
 
 
 
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