formal language

for·mal lan·guage

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Definitions of formal language words

noun formal language correct or polite words and phrases 1
noun formal language 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 0
noun formal language 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 0
noun formal language (computing theory) A generally finite set of possible strings (called sentences) made of symbols (from a symbol set called the alphabet) along with rules constraining how the symbols can be used. 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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