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Formal

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Formal, formality, informal or informality imply the complying with, or not complying with, some set of requirements (forms, in Ancient Greek). They may refer to:

Dress code and events

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Logic and mathematics

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Computer science

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  • Formal methods, mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems
  • Formal specification, describes what a system should do, not how it should do it
  • Formal verification, proves correctness of a system

Linguistics

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Chemistry

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  • Formal concentration, molar concentration of original chemical formula in solution
  • Formal (pronounced "form-al")
    • A compound CH2(OR)2, named in analogy to acetals CHR1(OR)2 (historical definition) and ketals CR1R2(OR)2
    • Dimethoxymethane (CH2(OCH3)2) in particular, the formal derived from methanol

Social regulation

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Other

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  • Informal vote, a spoiled, void, null vote cast in an election
  • MV Formality, coaster (formerly Empire Favourite) owned by F T Everard & Sons, scrapped in 1962

See also

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