Definition of Form

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[A20/B34] Form is defined as "that which so determines the manifold of appearance that it allows of being ordered in certain relations"; it is thus opposed to matter and content. In the Aesthetic Kant argues that "form must lie ready for the sensations a priori in the mind"; this is crucial to his thesis that space and time, as forms of intuition, are transcendentally ideal. He also speaks of forms of logic.

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A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.
  

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A shape; an image; a phantom.
  

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Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.
  

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Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.
  

(n.)
Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.
  

(n.)
Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.
  

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Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form.
  

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That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.
  

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That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.
  

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The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
  

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The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
  

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The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.
  

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The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.
  

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The seat or bed of a hare.
  

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The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance.
  

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The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
  

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To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes.
  

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To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by influence, etc.; to train.
  

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To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion.
  

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To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part.
  

(n.)
To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
  

(v. i.)
To run to a form, as a hare.
  

(v. i.)
To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column.
  

(n.)
A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
  

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\form\ (&?;). [see form, n.] a suffix used to denote in the form or shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
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\form\ (fōrm; in senses 8 & 9, often fōrm in england), n. [oe. & f. forme, fr. l. forma; cf. skr. dhariman. cf. firm.]
1. the shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance. the form of his visage was changed. iii. 19. and woven close close, both matter, form, and style.
2. constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.
3. established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer. those whom form of laws condemned to die.
4. show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form. though well we may not pass upon his life without the form of justice.
5. orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty. the earth was without form and void. i. 2. he hath no form nor comeliness. liii. 2.
6. a shape; an image; a phantom.
7. that by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.
8. a long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society. "ladies of a high form." burnet.
9. the seat or bed of a hare. as in a form sitteth a weary hare.
10. (print.) the type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
11. (fine arts) the boundary line of a material object. in painting, more generally, the human body.
12. (gram.) the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.
13. (crystallog.) the combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. it is not necessarily a closed solid.
14. (metaph.) that assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.
15. mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. in modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.
16. (biol.) the peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.

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Aflun = a. void of form

Agwedd = n. condition; form

Agweddu = v. to modify; to form

Arddull = n. form, image

Blaenio = v. to form into a point

Catrodi = v. to form into battalion

Cerfio = v. to model, to form, to carve

Chwarenu = v. to kern; to form blotches

Cnapio = v. to form knobs

Corffori = v. to form into body

Crawni = v. to collect; to form

Cyflun = a. of the same form

Cymmalu = v. to form joints

Cynddull = n. first form

Cynghrwm = a. of convex form

Cystlynu = v. to form connection

Dadlunio = v. to divest ot form

Degeidio = v. to form decades

Delw = n. an image, idol, form, manner, semblance

Deuwedd = n. two form

Dolystum = n. curved form

Dullio = v. to form, to shape

Dyscyfrith = n. congenial form

Edafeddu = v. to form into thread

Ffallachog = a. of a squabby form

Ffurf = n. shape; form; order

Grynio = v. to form ridges

Gwedd = n. aspect, form; a team

Gwrthagwedd = n. counter form

Hoewalu = v. to form eddies

Ieithyddu = v. to form speech

Llawnwedd = n. a full form

Lleban = n. a lank form

Lloerenu = v. to form spots

Lluddianu = v. to form an obstacle

Llun = n. form, figure.--Dydd Llun = n. Monday

Lluniadu = v. to form, to shape

Lluniaethu = v. to put in form

Llunio = v. to form, to shape

Llwyf, Llwyfan = n. a form, a frame; a loft, a platform

Llywelu = v. to form an horizon

Madruddo = v. to form marrow

Marmori = v. to form marble

Modd = n. a mode, a form, a way, a means

Moddiant = n. means; form

Moddio = v. to bring to a form

Pedrog = a. of a square form

Pelenu = v. to form into a ball

Pellenu = v. to form into a ball

Pennillio = v. to form stanzas

Rhagystumio = v. to mould into form beforehand

Rhwyllo = v. to form insterstices

Sidera = v. to form twirls

Sinidro = v. to form dross

Talfainc = n. a front form; a throne

Talpio = v. to form lumps

Telpynu = v. to form lumps

Twmpathu = v. to form tumps

Tywodi = v. to form sand

Undull = a. of the same form

Wybro = v. form air; to go into air; to soar in the air

Ymlunio = v. to form one's self

Ysgfeinio = v. to form lungs

Ystumio = v. to form, to fashion, to bend, to turn

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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) word form, signifier, descriptor
(hypernym) word
(hyponym) plural, plural form
(classification) linguistics
2. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
(synonym) kind, sort, variety
(hypernym) category
(hyponym) description
3. 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"
(synonym) shape, pattern
(hypernym) structure
(hyponym) fractal
(part-holonym) percept, perception, perceptual experience
(derivation) shape
4. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
(synonym) shape, configuration, contour, conformation
(hypernym) spatial property, spatiality
(hyponym) sharpness, keenness
(attribute) straight
5. alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
(synonym) human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, flesh
(hypernym) body, organic structure, physical structure
(hyponym) person
(part-holonym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
6. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
(synonym) shape
(hypernym) attribute
(hyponym) solid
7. the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
(synonym) shape, cast
(hypernym) appearance, visual aspect
8. (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"
(synonym) phase
(hypernym) state of matter, state
(hyponym) dispersed phase, dispersed particles
(classification) physical chemistry
9. a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form"
(hypernym) document, written document, papers
(hyponym) application form
(part-meronym) space, blank space, place
10. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"
(synonym) variant, strain, var.
(hypernym) taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
(member-holonym) species
(classification) biology, biological science
11. an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"
(hypernym) writing style, literary genre, genre
(hyponym) versification
(derivation) constitute, make
12. a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"
(hypernym) manner, mode, style, way, fashion
13. a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
(synonym) class, grade
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) sixth form
14. an ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"
(hypernym) ability
15. a life-size dummy used to display clothes
(synonym) mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin
(hypernym) dummy
16. a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"
(hypernym) mold, mould, cast

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Verb
1. to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
(synonym) constitute, make
(hypernym) constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
(hyponym) constellate
2. create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
(synonym) organize, organise
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) reorganize, reorganise, regroup
(derivation) formation
3. develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
(synonym) take form, take shape, spring
(hypernym) become
(hyponym) regenerate
(derivation) formation
4. give a shape or form to; "shape the dough"
(synonym) shape
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) individuate
5. make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
(synonym) shape, work, mold, mould, forge
(hypernym) create from raw material, create from raw stuff
(hyponym) carve
(verb-group) work, work on, process
6. establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
(synonym) imprint
(hypernym) influence, act upon, work
7. give shape to; "form the clay into a head"
(antonym) deform
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) layer

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To see anything ill formed, denotes disappointment. To have a beautiful form, denotes favorable conditions to health and business.
  

A window or dialog box. Forms are containers for controls. A multiple-document interface (MDI) form can also act as a container for child forms and some controls.

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A Form object is a window or dialog box that makes up part of an application's user interface.

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1. The model of an instrument or legal proceeding, containing the substance and the principal terms to be used in accordance with the laws.

2. The act of pursuing, in legal proceedings and in the construction of legal instruments, the order required by law. Form is usually put in contradistinction to substance.

The difference between matters of form and substance is, that if the matter pleaded is in itself insufficient, without reference to the manner of pleading it, the defect is substantial; but if the fault is in the manner of alleging it, the defect is formal. For example, the omission of a consideration in a contrac,t or of the performance of a condition precedent, when such condition exists, or of knowledge in the defendant in action for malicious prosecution, etc., are all defects in substance. On the other hand, duplicity; a negative pregnant; argumentative pleading; omission of a day, when time is immaterial; of a place, in transitory actions, and the like, are only faults in form.

At the same time that fastidious objections against trifling errors of form arising from mere clerical mistakes are not encouraged or sanctioned by the courts, it has been justly observed that "infinite mischief has been produced by the facility of the courts in overlooking matters of form; it encourages carelessness and places ignorance too much upon a footing with knowledge amongst those who practice the drawing of pleadings."
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

A golfer's standard of play based on past performance.

A series of choreographed movements, incorportating one or more techniques that all martial arts students must practice repeatedly during their training.

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musical design; incorporating repetition and contrast, unity, and variety

The condition, readiness, or soundness of the horse; current condition; the Daily Racing Form, the newspaper of thoroughbred racing.

What performance is to be expected according to how a team or horse looks on paper

shid (n.); shidau (v., mold), shidorau (v., create, build)

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Form Aristotle's three hypostases of objectivization are privation, form, and matter, compared to Father-Mother-Son, in which however is included life. Privation does not signify emptiness or nothingness, for the term means that which precedes form and actively manifested life as the root cause and source of the latter; and because it is formless it is called privation as having no form implying limitation or constriction. Form also is equivalent to vehicle, and so to body or imbodiment, and to the Sanskrit rupa, as seen in the distinction between rupa and arupa worlds.

Both 'A' hands, held about a foot apart before the face, with palms facing each other move down simultaneously in a wavy, undulating motion.

A dosage form is the physical form in which a drug is produced and dispensed, such as a tablet, a capsule, or an injectable.