Form is the
shape
A shape or figure is a graphical representation of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, texture, or material type.
A plane shape or plane figure is constrained to lie ...
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visual appearance
The visual appearance of objects is given by the way in which they reflect and transmit light. The color of objects is determined by the parts of the spectrum of (incident white) light that are reflected or transmitted without being absorbed. Ad ...
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configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens.
Form also refers to:
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Form (document)
A form is a document with spaces (also named ''fields'' or ''placeholders'') in which to write or select, for a series of documents with similar contents. The documents usually have the printed parts in common, except, possibly, for a serial numb ...
, a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
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Form (education)
A form is an educational stage, class, or grouping of pupils in a school. The term is used predominantly in the United Kingdom, although some schools, mostly private, in other countries also use the title. Pupils are usually grouped in forms ac ...
, a class, set, or group of students
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Form (religion) In academic discussions of organized religion, the term form is sometimes used to describe prescriptions or norms on religious practice.
Christian forms
Forms in Christianity are mostly familiarly dictates of church authority or tradition (e.g. ...
, an academic term for prescriptions or norms on religious practice
*Form, a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass used by a
hare
*Form, or rap sheet, slang for a
criminal record
A criminal record, police record, or colloquially RAP sheet (Record of Arrests and Prosecutions) is a record of a person's criminal history. The information included in a criminal record and the existence of a criminal record varies between coun ...
People
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Andrew Form
Andrew Form (born 1969) is an American film producer, best known for producing the films ''Friday the 13th'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and ''The Purge''. He is the co-founder of company Platinum Dunes along with Michael Bay and Brad Fu ...
, American film producer
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Fluent Form, Australian rapper and hip hop musician
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Form (visual art)
Elements of art are stylistic features that are included within an art piece to help the artist communicate. The seven most common elements include line, shape, texture, form, space, color and value, with the additions of mark making, and materiali ...
, a three-dimensional geometrical figure; one of the seven elements of art
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Poetic form
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in a ...
, a set of structural rules and patterns to which a poem may adhere
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Musical form, a generic type of composition or the structure of a particular piece
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The Forms (band)
The Forms are an American indie rock band from Queens, New York, whose style incorporates aspects of math rock, dream pop, and emo.Terlesky, John (February 6, 2003). "Brooklyn-based Forms adds new content to emo-rock", ''The Morning Call'', p. E14 ...
, an American indie rock band
Computing and technology
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Form (computer virus)
Form was a boot sector virus isolated in Switzerland in the summer of 1990 which became very common worldwide. The origin of Form is widely listed as Switzerland, but this may be an assumption based on its isolation locale. The only notable char ...
, the most common computer virus of the 1990s
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Form (HTML)
A webform, web form or HTML form on a web page allows a user to enter data that is sent to a server for processing. Forms can resemble paper or database forms because web users fill out the forms using checkboxes, radio buttons, or text fields. ...
, a document form used on a web page to, typically, submit user data to a server
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Form (programming)
In component-based programming (Visual Basic, .NET WinForms, Gambas, Delphi, Lazarus etc.), a form is a representation of a GUI window. A form contains components and controls typically including "OK" and "Cancel" buttons, these objects prov ...
, a component-based representation of a GUI window
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FORM (symbolic manipulation system)
FORM is a symbolic manipulation system. It reads text files containing definitions of mathematical expressions as well as statements that tell it how to manipulate these expressions. Its original author is Jos Vermaseren of Nikhef, the Dutch inst ...
, a program for symbolic computations
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Google Forms
Google Forms is a survey administration software included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. The service also includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Sites, and ...
, cloud-based survey software
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Oracle Forms
Oracle Forms is a software product for creating screens that interact with an Oracle database. It has an IDE that includes an object navigator, property sheet, and code editor that uses PL/SQL. It was originally developed to run server-side in ...
, a Rapid Application Development environment for developing database applications
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Windows Forms
Windows Forms (WinForms) is a free and open-source graphical (GUI) class library included as a part of Microsoft .NET, .NET Framework or Mono Framework, providing a platform to write client applications for desktop, laptop, and tablet PCs. Whil ...
, the graphical API within the Microsoft .NET Framework for access to native Microsoft Windows interface elements
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XForms
XForms is an XML format used for collecting inputs from web forms. XForms was designed to be the next generation of HTML / XHTML forms, but is generic enough that it can also be used in a standalone manner or with presentation languages other th ...
, an XML format for the specification of user interfaces, specifically web forms
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Form Energy Form Energy is an American energy storage company focused on developing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems that will enable a reliable and fully-renewable electric grid year-round. Form Energy's first commercial product ...
, an American energy storage startup company. It is focused on utility-scale iron-air batteries.
Martial arts
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Kata'' (型 or 形), the detailed pattern of defence-and-attack
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Taeguk (Taekwondo)
In taekwondo, taegeuk is a set of ''Pumsae'' (also known as ''Poomsae'' or ''Poomse''), or defined pattern of defense-and-attack forms used to teach taekwondo.
Between 1967 and 1971, Kukkiwon-style taekwondo made use of an older set of forms ...
(형), the "forms" used to create a foundation for the teaching of Taekwondo
*Taolu (套路), forms used in Chinese martial arts and
sport wushu
''Wushu'' (), or ''Kung fu'', is a hard and soft and complete martial art, as well as a full-contact combat sport. It has a long history in reference to Chinese martial arts. It was developed in 1949 in an effort to standardize the practi ...
Mathematics
* Algebraic form (
homogeneous polynomial
In mathematics, a homogeneous polynomial, sometimes called quantic in older texts, is a polynomial whose nonzero terms all have the same degree. For example, x^5 + 2 x^3 y^2 + 9 x y^4 is a homogeneous polynomial of degree 5, in two variables; ...
), which generalises quadratic forms to degrees 3 and more, also known as ''quantics'' or simply ''forms''
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Bilinear form, on a vector space ''V'' over a field ''F'' is a mapping ''V'' × ''V'' → ''F'' that is linear in both arguments
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Differential form, a concept from differential topology that combines multilinear forms and smooth functions
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First-order reliability method The first-order reliability method, (FORM), is a semi-probabilistic reliability analysis method devised to evaluate the reliability of a system. The accuracy of the method can be improved by averaging over many samples, which is known as Line Sampl ...
, a semi-probabilistic reliability analysis method devised to evaluate the reliability of a system
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Indeterminate form
In calculus and other branches of mathematical analysis, limits involving an algebraic combination of functions in an independent variable may often be evaluated by replacing these functions by their limits; if the expression obtained after this s ...
, an algebraic expression that cannot be used to evaluate a limit
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Modular form, a (complex) analytic function on the upper half plane satisfying a certain kind of functional equation and growth condition
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Multilinear form
In abstract algebra and multilinear algebra, a multilinear form on a vector space V over a field K is a map
:f\colon V^k \to K
that is separately ''K''-linear in each of its ''k'' arguments. More generally, one can define multilinear forms on ...
, which generalises bilinear forms to mappings ''V''
''N'' → ''F''
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Quadratic form, a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables
Philosophy
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Argument form, Logical form or Test form - replacing the different words, or sentences, that make up the argument with letters, along the lines of algebra; the letters represent logical variables
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Intelligible form An intelligible form in philosophy refers to a form that can be apprehended by the intellect. According to Ancient and Medieval philosophers, the intelligible forms are the things by which we understand. These are genera and species, insofar as ...
, a substantial form as it is apprehended by the intellect
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Substantial form, asserts that ideas organize matter and make it intelligible
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Theory of forms
The theory of Forms or theory of Ideas is a philosophical theory, fuzzy concept, or world-view, attributed to Plato, that the physical world is not as real or true as timeless, absolute, unchangeable ideas. According to this theory, ideas in th ...
, asserts that ideas possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality
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Value-form
The value-form or form of value (german: Wertform) is a concept in Karl Marx's critique of political economy. Marx's account of the value-form is differently adopted in later forms of Marxism, in the Frankfurt School and in post-Marxism. When so ...
, an approach to understanding the origins of commodity trade and the formation of markets
Science
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Form (botany), a formal taxon at a rank lower than species
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Form (zoology), informal taxa used sometimes in zoology
*Form, object of study of
Morphology
Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to:
Disciplines
* Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts
* Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies ...
* "-form", a term used in science to describe large groups,
often used in taxonomy
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Isoform
A protein isoform, or "protein variant", is a member of a set of highly similar proteins that originate from a single gene or gene family and are the result of genetic differences. While many perform the same or similar biological roles, some iso ...
, several different forms of the same protein
Sports
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Form (exercise)
:''See Kata for "Form" as used in the context of martial arts.''
Form is a specific way of performing a movement, often a strength training exercise, to avoid injury, prevent cheating
Cheating generally describes various actions designed t ...
, a proper way of performing an exercise
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Form (horse racing)
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In horse racing, the form of a horse is a record of significant events, mainly its performance in previous races. The form may identify the horse's sire, dam and wider pedigree. It is used by tipsters and punters as an aid in the predictio ...
, or racing form, a record of a racehorse's performance
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Kata, a choreographed pattern of martial arts movements made to be practised alone
Other uses
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Form (cigarette), a Finnish cigarette brand
* Form, a backless
bench formerly used for seating in dining halls, school rooms and courtrooms
* Form, the relation a word has to a
lexeme
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Formwork
Formwork is molds into which concrete or similar materials are either precast or cast-in-place. In the context of concrete construction, the falsework supports the shuttering molds. In specialty applications formwork may be permanently i ...
, a mold used for concrete construction
See also
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FORM (disambiguation)
Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens.
Form also refers to:
*Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
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Conformity (disambiguation)
Conformity is the process by which an individual's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are influenced by other people.
Conformity may also refer to:
*''Conformity: A Tale'', a novel by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
*''Conformity: The Power of Social In ...
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Deformation (disambiguation)
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Form factor (disambiguation)
Form factor or form-factor may refer to:
Manufacturing
* Form factor (design), an aspect of design which defines and prescribes the size, shape, and other physical specifications of hardware components, particularly in electronics and electroni ...
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Formal (disambiguation)
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
* Formal wear, attire for formal events
* Semi-formal attir ...
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Formalism (disambiguation)
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Formation (disambiguation)
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Forme (disambiguation)
Forme may refer to the following:
*Forme (printing), a chase with type locked up ready for printing
* Forme, Škofja Loka, a settlement in Slovenia
* Forme Tour, a professional golf tour
See also
* FORM (disambiguation)
* Form (disambiguation)
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Formula (disambiguation)
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Inform (disambiguation)
Inform is a programming language for interactive fiction.
Inform may also refer to:
* INFORM, Inc., an environmental organization
*INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements), UK
*INFORM, predecessor of CorVision
*What an informant ...
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Reform (disambiguation)
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
*Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
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