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well-formed formulas

well-formed formulas is the plural of well-formed formula.

Meaning of well-formed formula

Noun

well-formed formula (plural well-formed formulas or well-formed formulae)

  1. A statement that is expressed in a valid, syntactically correct manner.
    • This program works correctly on all well-formed formulas but it blows up on illegal input.
    Synonyms:
    wff

Questions about well-formed formulas

What is well-formed formulas the plural of?
Well-formed formulas is the plural of well-formed formula.

Words near well-formed formulas in the dictionary

  1. well-fitted
  2. well-fixed
  3. well-formed
  4. well-formed formula
  5. well-formed formulae
  6. well-formed formulas
  7. well-formedness
  8. well-formedness rules
  9. well-found
  10. well-founded
  11. well-foundedness

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