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counterformula

counterformula noun: a formula that counters or goes against another formula.

Noun

counterformula (plural counterformulas or counterformulae)

  1. A formula that counters or goes against another formula.
    • In this sense, Nietzsche's preface in rhymes offers counterformulas to the ones we actually learned as toddlers.2000, Kathleen Marie Higgins, Comic Relief: Nietzsche's Gay Science, page 39

Forms of counterformula

pluralcounterformulas
pluralcounterformulae

Origin of counterformula

From counter- + formula.

Questions about counterformula

What does counterformula mean?
Counterformula means a formula that counters or goes against another formula.
What part of speech is counterformula?
Counterformula is a noun.
What is the plural of counterformula?
The plural of counterformula is counterformulas.

Words near counterformula in the dictionary

  1. counterflows
  2. counterfoil
  3. counterfoils
  4. counterforce
  5. counterforces
  6. counterformula
  7. counterformulae
  8. counterformulas
  9. counterfort
  10. counterforts
  11. counterfraud

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