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| formal language | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a language designed for use in situations in which natural language is unsuitable, as for example in mathematics, logic, or computer programming. The symbols and formulas of such languages stand in precisely specified syntactic and semantic relations to one another |
| 2. | logic a logistic system for which an interpretation is provided: distinguished from formal calculus in that the semantics enable it to be regarded as about some subject matter |
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Formal language
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| Main Entry: | formal language1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | any language that is ceremonial or using a "high" register or hard words, such as a sermon, lecture, or poetry |
| Main Entry: | formal language2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | any language of symbols and formulas developed for systems which cannot work with natural language, such as computer programming and mathematics |
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