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<p>In <a href="/facts/Science/IJoaD7rs">science</a>, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically, as in a mathematical formula or a <i><a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a></i>. The informal use of the <a href="/facts/Terminology/1tfqvX1h">term</a> <i>formula</i> in science refers to the <a href="/facts/Commensurability_(philosophy_of_science)/1jc93FUx">general construct of a relationship between given quantities</a>. </p><p>The plural of <i>formula</i> can be either <i>formulas</i> (from the most common <a href="/facts/English_plurals/lYlvArnh">English plural noun form</a>) or, under the influence of <a href="/facts/Scientific_Latin/oAnpNvTs">scientific Latin</a>, <i>formulae</i> (from the <a href="/facts/Latin_influence_in_English/jm5Xs8Gc">original Latin</a>). </p>