form
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～ (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"
form
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～ the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
form
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～ the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
form
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～ any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"
form
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～ a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
form
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～ (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"
form
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～ an ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"
form family
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～ (biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure
form
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～ a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"
form
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～ a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
form
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～ the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
form
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～ a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
formal
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～ refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
formal
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～ characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"
formal
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～ logically deductive; "formal proof"
formal
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～ (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English"
formal
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～ being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
formal
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～ represented in simplified or symbolic form