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  • 41Formal charge — 2006, 83, 791. [http://www.jce.divched.org/Journal/Issues/2006/May/abs791.html Abstract] ] .The formal charge can be calculated by the following equation:FC = number of valence electrons of the atom number of lone pair electrons on this atom half …

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  • 42Formal specification — A formal specification is a mathematical description of software or hardware that may be used to develop an implementation. It describes what the system should do, not (necessarily) how the system should do it. Given such a specification, it is… …

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  • 43Formal calculation — In mathematical logic, a formal calculation is sometimes defined as a calculation which is systematic, but without a rigorous justification . This means that we are manipulating the symbols in an expression using a generic substitution, without… …

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  • 44formal and informal dress — In general, people in Britain and the US dress fairly informally. Many wear casual clothes most of the time, not just when they are at home or on holiday. Men and women wear jeans or cords (= corduroy trousers) with a shirt or T shirt and a… …

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  • 45formal — /ˈfɔməl / (say fawmuhl) adjective 1. being in accordance with conventional requirements; conventional. 2. marked by form or ceremony: a formal occasion. 3. observant of form, as persons; ceremonious. 4. excessively ceremonious. 5. being a matter… …

  • 46Formal distinction — In scholastic metaphysics, a formal distinction is a distinction intermediate between what is merely conceptual, and what is fully real or mind independent. It was made by some realist philosophers of the scholastic period in the thirteenth… …

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  • 47formal — formal1 formalness, n. /fawr meuhl/, adj. 1. being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one s formal respects. 2. marked by form or ceremony: a formal occasion. 3. designed for wear or use at occasions or …

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  • 48formal — form|al1 W2S2 [ˈfo:məl US ˈfo:r ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(official)¦ 2¦(behaviour)¦ 3¦(language)¦ 4¦(event/occasion)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6 formal education/training/qualifications 7¦(organized)¦ 8¦(garden/park)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; …

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  • 49formal — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)m(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ formals 1) ADJ GRADED Formal speech or behaviour is very correct and serious rather than relaxed and friendly, and is used especially in official situations. He wrote a very formal letter of apology to Douglas... Business …

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  • 50formal — for|mal1 [ fɔrml ] adjective *** ▸ 1 official ▸ 2 about events/clothes ▸ 3 about education ▸ 4 about writing/art etc. ▸ 5 about gardens 1. ) following the correct or suitable official methods: The government is promising a formal investigation.… …

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