formal system


noun
  1. logic an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system: Also called: formal theory, formal calculus Compare formal language

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How to use formal system in a sentence

  • He thinks that the less formal system at Oxford might have suited my brother better.

  • He was not concerned with the theories of Evolution, the Pragmatic Philosophy or any other formal system of learning or ethics.

  • In cutting, which has a so-called apprenticeship lasting from two to six years, there is no formal system of instruction.

  • No one ever lived who had not a little more to say for himself than any formal system of justice was likely to say for him.

    Robert Browning | G. K. Chesterton