forming machine (forming mas hen")

1. A machine used for bending tin-plate, and in making hollow ware.-2. An apparatus for shaping articles made from fabrics of various II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Formosa. formosityt (fôr-mos'i-ti), n. [ for mos ité = It. for mos ità , for mos it a (t-)s, beauty, for mos us , beautiful: see for mous.] Beauty; gracefulne . The thunder-thumping Jove transfused his dotes into your excellent for mos i tie. Sir P. Sidney, Wanstead Play, p. 619. for moust, a . [=Pg. It. formoso, for mos us , beautiful, form a , form, beauty: see form , n.] Beautiful; fair. Hall i well . O pulchrior sole in beautie full lucident, Of all feminine most for mous flour. The Nine Ladies Worthie, 1. 23. form-species (fôrm'spē" shēz), n. In biol ., a species constituted by a single stage in the course of development of a species which undergoes transformations, and in many cases originally supposed to be the only form of the species. formula (for mū-lä), n.; pl. formula, formu las (-lē, -läz). [= G. Dan. Sw. formel = F. for mule = Sp. Pg. formula = It. formol a, formula, method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said; particularly, a form of words in which something is required by rule or custom to be stated. Formulæ are but decent and apt pa ages or conveyances of speech, which may serve indifferently for differing subjects. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 255. The memory disburdens itself of its cumbrous catalogues of particulars, and carries centuries of observation in a Emerson, Misc., p. 51. IMG:content-1719.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1720.jpg:[graphic] single formula. Specifically-2. Eccles., a written confe ion of faith; a formal enunciation or statement of doctrines. See creed, and confe ion of faith, under confe ion, 3.-3. In math., any general equation; a rule or principle expre ed in algebraic symbols.-4. In chem., an expre ion by means of symbols and figures of the constituents of a compound. See chemical formula, under chemical. - Abel's, Cauchy's, Frullani's, Kummer's, Poi on's formulæ, in math., certain formulæ relating to definite integrals. Approximate, a ociative, characteristic, chemical, dental, dimidiation, distributive, duplication, empirical, etc., formula. See the qualifying words. - Cotes's, Gau 's, Simpson's formulæ, formulæ for approximate quadratures. Euler's formulæ, the formulæ expre ing the sine and cosine of an angle as the sum of two exponentials. - Formula of Christ is on, a rule for estimating the amount of solids in urine, namely: Multiply the last two figures of the specific gravity of the urine expre ed in four figures by 2.83 to obtain the total solids in grains in 1,000 cubic centimeters. Also called Haeser's formula. Formula of coincidence. See coincidence. Formula of Concord. See concord. - Fourier's formula, the equation Fx.dx = FO, sin ax sin z IMG:content-1721.png:[blocks in formation] formular A speech on the stage, let it flatter ever so extravagant ly, is formular. It has always been formular to flatter kings and queens; so much so, that even in our church service, we have "our most religious king," used indiscriminately, whoever is king. Boswell, Johnson, I. 152. II. n. A model; an exemplar. He [Sidney] was the very formular that all well-disposed Quoted in Motley's United Netherlands, I. 358. formularistic (formu-la-ris'tik), a. [ -istic .] Pertaining to or exhibiting formularization. Emerson. gentlemen do form their manners and life by. formularization (fôr mū-lar-i-zā'shon), n. formularize + -ation.] The act, proce , or result of formularizing or formulating. IMG:content-1722.png:[blocks in formation] The great majority of those so-called enactments were probably nothing more than formularizations of customary law, for the use of private judges in civil causes whom the king is said to have instituted. Encyc, Brit., XX. 677. F. A. Lange, however, has attempted to show at some length that, after excluding modality, a special formu . lari zati on in thought is always nece ary when we would a ign a general validity to any particular logical form. G. S. Hall , German Culture, p. 164. formularize (fôr'mū-lar-īz), v. t.; pret. and pp. formularized, ppr. formularizing. [ It is, therefore, to be regretted that the commi ioners as a body have not formularized an opinion on a subject that was within their jurisdiction, and which was examined by them at great length and with evident care. Saturday Rev., Feb. 10, 1866.