## Meanings
1. A mathematical or scientific rule written with symbols.
2. A plan or method that reliably produces a result.
3. A set of symbols showing the elements in a chemical compound.
4. A milk-based drink given to babies instead of breast milk.

## Examples
- The teacher wrote the formula for the area of a circle on the board.
- There is no magic formula for success.
- H₂O is the formula for water.
- They switched to a different formula and the baby fed more happily.

## Derived Forms
- counterformula
- formulary
- formulate
- formulation
- formulist
- formulize
- fortran
- multiformula
- stereoformula
- subformula
- superformula

## Related Forms
- form
- formulaic
- formulism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: formula

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”). See form.

## AI Etymology
Formula is described etymologically as learned borrowing from Latin fōrmula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”). See form. In current use, the main senses are “A mathematical or scientific rule written with symbols” and “A plan or method that reliably produces a result”.

## Topics
- Science & Research
- Mathematics & Measurement

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