Dictionary

formulation en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
   • This is one of the most enlightening theoretical formulations of Bolshevism, from which it appears that the 'rightness' of a historical movement or a state is to be judged by whether its use of violence is successful. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 510:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula. ▸ A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
   • The formulation with the bare infinitive was somewhat less common.
3. (countable, uncountable) A medicinal preparation.
   • If you liked our old shampoo, you'll love the new kinder, gentler formulation.

Forms

Deriveds

formulational · reformulation · bioformulation · nanoformulation · nonformulation · coformulation · preformulation · misformulation

Relateds

formulate · formula

Translations (21)

de (pharma) Mischung (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · es formulación (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · id formulasi (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · eo formulado (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · bg формулиране (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · cs formulace (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · bg изразяване (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · sl formulácija (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · ca formulació (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · tr formüle etme (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · id perumusan (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · de Formulierung (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · ms perumusan (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · fr formulation (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · de Aufgabenstellung (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · it formulazione (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · ru формули́рование (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · ro formulare (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · bg редакция (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · ja 定式化 (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula) · pt formulação (act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula)