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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 Computer 18(8):38-49 (1985)].
       
          (1994-12-06)
       
       

  Formal \For"mal\ (f[^o]r"mal), n. [L. formic + alcohol.] (Chem.)
     See Methylal.

  Formal \Form"al\ (f[^o]rm"al), a. [L. formalis: cf. F. formel.]
     1. Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance,
        or organization of a thing.
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     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, so called, of the human intellect.
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              Of [the sounds represented by] letters, the material
              part is breath and voice; the formal is constituted
              by the motion and figure of the organs of speech.
                                                    --Holder.
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     3. Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular
        method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as,
        he gave his formal consent.
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              His obscure funeral . . .
              No noble rite nor formal ostentation. --Shak.
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     4. 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.
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              A cold-looking, formal garden, cut into angles and
              rhomboids.                            --W. Irwing.
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              She took off the formal cap that confined her hair.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
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     5. Having the form or appearance without the substance or
        essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal
        courtesy, etc.
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     6. Dependent in form; conventional.
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              Still in constraint your suffering sex remains,
              Or bound in formal or in real chains. --Pope.
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     7. Sound; normal. [Obs.]
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              To make of him a formal man again.    --Shak.
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     Formal cause. See under Cause.
  
     Syn: Precise; punctilious; stiff; starched; affected; ritual;
          ceremonial; external; outward.
  
     Usage: Formal, Ceremonious. When applied to things, these
            words usually denote a mere accordance with the rules
            of form or ceremony; as, to make a formal call; to
            take a ceremonious leave. When applied to a person or
            his manners, they are used in a bad sense; a person
            being called formal who shapes himself too much by
            some pattern or set form, and ceremonious when he lays
            too much stress on the conventional laws of social
            intercourse. Formal manners render a man stiff or
            ridiculous; a ceremonious carriage puts a stop to the
            ease and freedom of social intercourse.
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  Methylal \Meth"yl*al\, n. [Methylene + alcohol.] (Chem.)
     A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complex
     ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by
     the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also
     formal.
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  Methylal \Meth"yl*al\, n. [Methylene + alcohol.] (Chem.)
     A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complex
     ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by
     the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also
     formal.

  Formal \For"mal\ (f[^o]r"mal), n. [L. formic + alcohol.] (Chem.)
     See Methylal.

  Formal \Form"al\ (f[^o]rm"al), a. [L. formalis: cf. F. 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, so called, of the human intellect.
  
              Of [the sounds represented by] letters, the material
              part is breath and voice; the formal is constituted
              by the motion and figure of the organs of speech.
                                                    --Holder.
  
     3. Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular
        method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as,
        he gave his formal consent.
  
              His obscure funeral . . . No noble rite nor formal
              ostentation.                          --Shak.
  
     4. 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 cold-looking, formal garden, cut into angles and
              rhomboids.                            --W. Irwing.
  
              She took off the formal cap that confined her hair.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
  
     5. Having the form or appearance without the substance or
        essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal
        courtesy, etc.
  
     6. Dependent in form; conventional.
  
              Still in constraint your suffering sex remains, Or
              bound in formal or in real chains.    --Pope.
  
     7. Sound; normal. [Obs.]
  
              To make of him a formal man again.    --Shak.
  
     Formal cause. See under Cause.
  
     Syn: Precise; punctilious; stiff; starched; affected; ritual;
          ceremonial; external; outward.
  
     Usage: Formal, Ceremonious. When applied to things, these
            words usually denote a mere accordance with the rules
            of form or ceremony; as, to make a formal call; to
            take a ceremonious leave. When applied to a person or
            his manners, they are used in a bad sense; a person
            being called formal who shapes himself too much by
            some pattern or set form, and ceremonious when he lays
            too much stress on the conventional laws of social
            intercourse. Formal manners render a man stiff or
            ridiculous; a ceremonious carriage puts a stop to the
            ease and freedom of social intercourse.

  formal
       adj 1: being in accord with established forms and conventions and
              requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's
              formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball";
              "the requirement was only formal and often ignored";
              "a formal education" [ant: informal]
       2: characteristic of or befitting a person in authority;
          "formal duties"; "an official banquet"
       3: (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional
          standards of correctness and without casual, contracted,
          and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal
          English" [ant: informal]
       4: represented in simplified or symbolic form [syn: conventional,
           schematic]
       5: logically deductive; "formal proof"
       6: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a
          royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly, elegant,
           stately]

  formal
     Γερμανικά a.
     μορφικός

  formal
     Catalan a.
     (l en formal)
     Crimean Tatar a.
     (l en formal)
     German a.
     #English (qualifier: being in accord with established forms)
     Piedmontese a.
     (l en formal)
     Romanian a.
     (l en formal)

  formal
     a.
     1 Being in accord with established forms.
     2 official.
     3 Relating to the form or structure of something.
     4 Relating to formation.
     5 ceremonial or traditional.
     6 proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
     7 organized; well-structured and planned.
     8 (lb en mathematics) Relating to mere manipulation and construction
  of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
     n.
     1 (lb en clothing) An evening gown.
     2 An event with a formal dress code.
     3 (lb en programming) A formal parameter.
     4 (lb en Oxbridge slang) (ellipsis of en formal hall).
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) formalin.
     2 An acetal formed from formaldehyde.

  formal
     Catalan a.
     (l en formal)
     Galician n.
     1 site, plot
     2 foundation, ruin
     3 mould for the production of tiles
     Galician a.
     (l en formal)
     Portuguese a.
     1 (l en formal) (gloss: being in accord with established forms)
     2 (l en formal) (gloss: official)
     3 (l en formal) (gloss: relating to the form or structure of
  something)
     4 (l en formal) (gloss: ceremonial)
     5 (lb pt logic) (l en formal) (gloss: involving mere manipulations of
  symbols)
     Spanish a.
     1 (l en formal)
     2 reliable, dependable

  formal
     Catalan a.
     (l en formal)
     Galician n.
     1 site, plot
     2 foundation, ruin
     3 mould for the production of tiles
     Galician a.
     (l en formal)
     Portuguese a.
     1 (l en formal) (gloss: being in accord with established forms)
     2 (l en formal) (gloss: official)
     3 (l en formal) (gloss: relating to the form or structure of
  something)
     4 (l en formal) (gloss: ceremonial)
     5 (lb pt logic) (l en formal) (gloss: involving mere manipulations of
  symbols)

  formal
     Espanja a.
     1 virallinen
     2 formaali, muodollinen

  formal
     Katalanska a.
     formell
     Spanska a.
     formell

  formal /fˈɔɾmɑːl/ 
  formal 
        "formal und inhaltlich"  - in form and content
   see: formales Lehren
  

  formal /fɔʁˈmaːl/ 
  formel
  der Form (nicht dem Inhalt) nach

  formal /fɔʁˈmaːl/ 
  formell
  der Form (nicht dem Inhalt) nach

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  formeel

  Formal /fˈɔːməl/
  الثوب

  formal //ˈfɔɹməl// //ˈfɔːməl// 
  1. формален 2.
  being in accord with established forms
   3.
  mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols
  2. церемониален
  ceremonial
  3. официален
  official
  4. формен
  relating to the form or structure of something

  formal /fˈɔːməl/ 
  formální

  formal /fˈɔːməl/ 
  ffurfiol 

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
   [Am.] festliche Veranstaltung , Festveranstaltung , Gesellschaftsabend  [soc.]
     Synonym: formal event
  
   see: formal events, formals
  

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  förmlich 

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  formal 
   see: formal teaching, in form and content
  

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  formell 
        "letter of formal complaint"  - formelle Beschwerde
   see: more formal, most formal
  

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  gestaltlich 

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  
  επίσημος

  formal //ˈfɔɹməl// //ˈfɔːməl// 
  1. formaali, kaavamainen
  being in accord with established forms
  2. formaali, juhlallinen
  ceremonial
  3. formaali, virallinen
  official
  4. formaali, muodollinen
  relating to the form or structure of something

  formal /fˈɔːməl/ 
  1. औपचारिक
        "For formal functions formal dress is more appropriate."
        "A formal students'union meeting was held yesterday."

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  ceremonijalan, formalan, formalni, propisan, službeni

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  1. formai
  2. hivatalos
  3. elôírásos
  4. szabályszerû

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  formale

  formal //ˈfɔɹməl// //ˈfɔːməl// 
  1. 正式, 公式
  being in accord with established forms
  2. 正式
  ceremonial

  formal //ˈfɔɹməl// //ˈfɔːməl// 
  formell
  being in accord with established forms

  formal /ˈfɔ:məl/ 
   1.  formalny
   2.  oficjalny
   3.  uroczysty
   4.  odświętny
   5.  regularny

  formal /fɔːml/ 
  1. ceremonioso, pomposo, solene
  2. explícito, expresso, formal

  formal //ˈfɔɹməl// //ˈfɔːməl// 
  formell 2.
  being in accord with established forms
   3.
  official
   4.
  ceremonial
   5.
  mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols

  formal /fˈɔːməl/
  1. resmi, usule uygun
  2. biçimsel, şekli
  3. tuvalet, gece elbisesi. formal analogy (man) biçimsel karşılaştırma. formal call resmi ziyaret. formal garden geometrik şekillere göre düzenlenmiş şişek bahçesi. formal logic (man) yapısal mantık
  4. genel mantık. formally  resmi olarak, usulen, resmen.

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  formal /fˈɔɾəmæ/
  formal

  formal /fuɾəmˈɑl/ 
  formel

  formal /fuɾəmˈɑl/ 
  formal

  formal /foɾmˈal/
  formal

  formal /foɾmˈal/
  formal

  formal /foɾmˈal/ 
  1. Form-
  2. formal

  formal /foɾmˈal/ 
  förmlich

  
/fɔʁˈmaːl/

  
/ˈfɔɹməɫ/

  
/foɾmal/

  
/foɾmal/

  
/ˈfɔɾmoːl/

  253 Moby Thesaurus words for "formal":
     High-Church, Latinate, accepted, acknowledged, adjectival,
     admitted, adverbial, anatomic, approved, architectonic,
     architectural, arranged, attributive, authorized, awkward,
     baccalaureate service, baptismal, being done, bloated, bombastic,
     businesslike, byname, celebration, ceremonial, ceremonious,
     ceremony, chivalric, chivalrous, cognominal, comme il faut,
     commencement, conditional, confining, conformable, conjunctive,
     constructional, conventional, conventionalized, convocation,
     copulative, correct, courtly, cramped, cumbrous, customary,
     de rigueur, decent, decorous, definite, demure, dignified,
     diminutive, distant, dress uniform, earnest, edificial,
     elephantine, empty formality, epithetic, established, eucharistic,
     evening dress, exact, exacting, exercise, exercises, explicit,
     express, extrinsic, fixed, flatulent, forced, formal dress,
     formalist, formalistic, formality, formalized, formational,
     formative, formulaic, formular, formulary, frowning, full dress,
     function, functional, gallant, gassy, glossematic, graduation,
     graduation exercises, grammatic, grandiloquent, grave, grim,
     grim-faced, grim-visaged, guinde, habitual, halting, harmonious,
     heavy, honorific, hypocoristic, impersonal, in hand, in name only,
     inaugural, inauguration, inflated, inflexible, initiation, inkhorn,
     intransitive, knightly, labored, lawful, leaden, legal, legalistic,
     limited, linking, liturgic, liturgistic, liturgy, long-faced,
     lumbering, meet, methodical, modal, morphological, morphotic,
     mummery, nominal, nominative, normal, observance, office, official,
     old-fashioned, old-world, ordered, orderly, organic, organismal,
     orthodox, ostensible, outward, participial, paschal, pedantic,
     performance, plastic, pompous, ponderous, pontifical,
     postpositional, precise, prepositional, prescribed, pretended,
     prim, pro forma, professed, pronominal, proper, punctilious,
     purported, quasi, received, recognized, regalia, regular,
     religious ceremony, reserved, right, rigid, rite, rite de passage,
     rite of passage, ritual, ritualistic, routine, sacramental,
     sacramentarian, sedate, seemly, self-called, self-christened,
     self-important, self-styled, serious, service, sesquipedalian, set,
     so-called, sober, sober-minded, sobersided, soi-disant, solemn,
     solemnity, solemnization, somber, square, staid, standard,
     starched, stately, steady, stiff, stilted, stone-faced, straight,
     straight-faced, strait-laced, straitened, strict, structural,
     stuffy, stylized, substantive, substructural, superficial,
     superstructural, supposed, surface, swollen, symmetrical,
     syntactic, systematic, tagmemic, tails, tectonic, textural,
     thoughtful, titular, traditional, transitive, tumid, turgid,
     tuxedo, unbending, unchanging, uniform, unsmiling, unwieldy, usual,
     verbal, weighty, well-ordered, well-regulated, would-be
  
  

  a. 正式的,形式的,礼仪的;

     a. 正式的,形式的,礼仪的
     n. 正式的社交活动