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.

form

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

form

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

form

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

form

Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.

form

A shape; an image; a phantom.

form

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

form

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

form

The seat or bed of a hare.

form

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

form

The boundary line of a material object.

form

In painting, more generally, the human body.

form

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

form

The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol.

form

It is not necessarily a closed solid.

form

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.

form

Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow.

form

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.

form

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

form

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

form

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.

form

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.

form

To provide with a form, as a hare.

form

See Form, n., 9.

form

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

form

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

form

To run to a form, as a hare.

form

To treat so as to bring them to fit condition for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide.

form

This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but now the plates or grids are coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current. a mold for setting concrete; 'they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation' the visual appearance of something or someone; 'the delicate cast of his features' a particular mode in which something is manifested; 'his resentment took the form of extreme hostility' an ability to perform well; 'he was at the top of his form'; 'the team was off form last night' 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' 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' a printed document with spaces in which to write; 'he filled out his tax form' 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' a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; 'a new strain of microorganisms' give shape to; 'form the clay into a head' create ; 'social groups form everywhere'; 'They formed a company' to compose or represent:'This wall forms the background of the stage setting'; 'The branches made a roof'; 'This makes a fine introduction' develop into a distinctive entity; 'our plans began to take shape'.

form

form. shape. a good state of mind and body. application form. modus. physical fitness.

form

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'. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; 'sculpture is a form of art'; 'what kinds of desserts are there?'. 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'. any spatial attributes ; 'he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke'. 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'. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; 'geometry is the mathematical science of shape'. the visual appearance of something or someone; 'the delicate cast of his features'. 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'. a printed document with spaces in which to write; 'he filled out his tax form'. a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; 'a new strain of microorganisms'. 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'. a particular mode in which something is manifested; 'his resentment took the form of extreme hostility'. a body of students who are taught together; 'early morning classes are always sleepy'. an ability to perform well; 'he was at the top of his form'; 'the team was off form last night'. a life-size dummy used to display clothes. a mold for setting concrete; 'they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation'. to compose or represent:'This wall forms the background of the stage setting'; 'The branches made a roof'; 'This makes a fine introduction'. create ; 'social groups form everywhere'; 'They formed a company'. develop into a distinctive entity; 'our plans began to take shape'. give a shape or form to; 'shape the dough'. 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'. establish or impress firmly in the mind; 'We imprint our ideas onto our children'. give shape to; 'form the clay into a head'.

form

A set of data entry fields on a page that are processed on the server The data is sent to the server when the user submits the form by clicking on a button or, in some cases, by clicking on an image.

form

In the context of the World Wide Web, part of a Web page which allows - indeed, requests - the user to give information by answering questions The answers may be given by typing text into a box, by clicking buttons to make a selection or by selecting an item from a menu The user then clicks a special button which sends the information to the server where the page resides, where it is processed.

form

A set of data-entry fields on a page that are processed on a server The data is sent to the server when a user submits the form by clicking on a button or, in some cases, by clicking an image.

form

In Web publishing, a Web page or portion of a Web page that is filled out by the user and sent back to the server for processing.

form

The arrangement, manner or method used to convey the content, such as free verse, ballad, haiku, etc In other words, the 'way-it-is-said ' Sidelight: Form provides a 'pattern' for the poem, but is usually most effective when it is the least obvious Sidelight: The form of a poem which follows a set pattern of rhyme scheme, stanza form and refrain , is called a fixed form, examples of which include: ballade, limerick, pantoum, rondeau, sestina, sonnet, triolet and villanelle.

form

A set of form fields on a web page whose information is processed by a web server The information on a form is sent to a server when the user submits the form by clicking a button or image,.

form

Z-folded pin-fed paper is called 'continuous form ' May also refer to printed documents like tax forms Special software is available to create and fill in forms Internet browsers use the term to describe an area of the screen where responses are entered.

form

A set of data-entry fields on a page that are processed on a Web server The data is sent to the server when a site visitor submits the form by clicking on a button or, in some cases, by clicking a graphic.

form

A group of elements in an HTML document, which generate graphical controls such as text entry boxes, radio buttons, and check boxes when the document is displayed in a browser The user can enter information in a form and use the browser to submit it to a program on a Web server.

form

Web forms permit a user to return information to a web server for some action The forms are handled by a CGI program For example, the mailform form offers spaces for you to enter the subject and content of the message, and the CGI processing consists of mailing the message.

form

A set of data-entry fields on a page that are processed on a Web server The data is converted to plain html format and forwarded to the recipient.

form

A group of elements in an HTML document, which generate graphical controls such as text boxes, radio buttons, and check boxes when the document is displayed in a browser The user can enter information in a form and use the browser to submit it to a program on a Web server.

form

A web page or part of a web page for a user to fill out The contents of the form are then sent by the browser to the server and on to a CGI program for processing.

form

HTML element that allows users to fill in information and submit it for processing.

form

The overall structural organization of a music composition and the interrelationships of music events within the overall structure.

form

The 'syntax' of a tense tec Form refers to the auxiliary verb used, the form of the main verb and other grammatical information unrelated to meaning.

form

An HTML document which presents the user with a series of interactive inputs.

form

An HTML page which passes variables back to the server These pages are used to gather information from users Also referred to as scripts.

form

A web page feature that allows you to fill something in is called a form Your web developer can design a form that will allow people viewing your web pages to provide proscribed data They can see the blank spaces and fill them in right on their screens Forms can easily deliver data as formatted e-mail In a significantly more complex and costly scenario they can also deliver data into a database at the server Online databases are not cheap or simple. A document with a fixed arrangement of captioned spaces designed for entering and extracting prescribed information Categories of forms include internal, interagency, public use, standard, and optional.

form

The arrangement of the general structure of a work of art.

form

form , mold , mould , shape.

formalist

One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion.

formalist

formalist.

format

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format

The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form. the general appearance of a publication the organization of information according to preset specifications divide into marked sectors so that it may store data; 'Please format this disk before entering data!' determine the arrangement of for storage and display set into a specific format; 'Format this letter so it can be printed out'.

format

Format strings are used to control the appearance of output in the printf statement Also, data conversions from numbers to strings are controlled by the format string contained in the built-in variable CONVFMT See section Format-Control Letters.

format

The pattern into which data are systematically arranged for use on a computer A file format is the specific design of how information is organized in the file For example, ArcInfo has specific, proprietary formats used to store coverages DLG, DEM, and TIGER are geographic data sets with different file formats.

format

Formatting a disk organizes the magnetic surfaces into tracks and sectors In word processing, format refers to the physical appearance of a document, and includes such items as margins, line spacing, etc In Excel, format refers to how numbers are shown.

format

Two types of formats are available A physical format and a logical format -Physical format: Physical format is to write data defined in ISO in three tracks of each of the inner and outer circuits of the user area set as a Defect Management Area DMA contains information on user band setting and the area to which error information is to be written Full compatibility is guaranteed for any disks physically formatted according to the ISO standard regardless of the manufacturer -Logical format: Logical format is to write data on the disk information required for a system such as a host and OS and software to handle the disk When a system reads this information, the disk is recognized Disks need to be formatted both physically and logically However, in general, each format is manufacturer specific and the compatibility is lower than it could be.

format

The pattern in which data are systematically arranged for use on a computer 6 A file format is the specific design of how information is organized in the file For example, DLG, DEM, and TIGER are geographic data sets in particular formats that are available for many parts of the United States 6.

format

Columns contain information in one of four types; users can specify how they want a query to format information it retrieves from character, number, date, or long columns For example, they can choose to have information of type date appear as 14/08/90, or Tuesday Fourteenth August 1990, or any other valid date format.

format

Low Level Formatting is the process of dividing the tracks on a disk into sectors Each track begins with an index mark, each sector has a sector identification field that is several bytes long, which contains the sector addresses and other overhead data required by the format In addition, between the identification field and data fields of each sector are synchronization bytes, which allow the read/write head to synchronize with the rate of data transfer coming off the track High-Level Formatting distinguishes operating systems.

format

The organization of information according to preset specifications [syn: formatting, data format, data formatting] [16].

format

Traditionally, the approximate size and shape of the book as defined by the number of times the printed sheet is folded before binding Since sheet paper size and shape varied, so did the size and shape of the book Despite this, it is standard today for catalogers to use format to describe the size of the book One fold produced a Folio, two folds: Quarto, three folds: octavo, 4 folds: sextodecimo Duodecimo is a common format between 8vo and 16mo, but the folding method varies and is too complex to describe here 32mo and 64mo also exist, but these are very small books 8vo is what most people think of a 'Normal sized' book A folio is a large book, noticably taller than wide A quarto is oversized, usually 'squarish' format Specific dimensions are probably more practical, but the book world is not dedicated to practicality 12mo and 16mo are commonly pronounced as the abbreviations read, ie, 'twelvemo'.

format

A Format, in VoyForums, is a Forum option which chooses how to show the messages in the message index and replies VoyForums provides four different formats: Super-Compact, Compact, Medium, and Verbose Super-Compact displays the Author, Subject, and Date of the very first message in each thread -- a user must click on the message to view the rest of the thread Verbose displays every message with its full information Please select the format names to read about each Format specifically.

format

Preparing a disk for use by your hardware and operating system Also called Initializing When the computer initializes a disk, it also destroys any information already there Formatting also refers to the way text is set up on a page The way information is structured in a file, often specific to a particular application.

format

To format media is to prepare the media for use with a particular file system When you format media, you overwrite any existing information on the media. The system used for storing a file on disk Different programs use different methods of recording identical information The layout and arrangement of tracks and sectors on a disk Sometimes also applied to the layout or arrangement of graphics and/or text on a page or screen.

format

Refers specifically to tape sizes and qualities, and generally to classes of video equipment Popular video formats in decreasing order of quality and expense are: Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, Betacam, 3/4'SP, S-VHS, Hi8 and VHS.

format

REQUIRED FIELD The format in which UCSF holds the material: print, image file, web-based image file [Dublin Core Metadata Mapping: Format].

format

The set of unique bit-string patterns of Zeros and Ones corresponding to the set of data characters used in magnetic stripe encoding; many different data formats are used, the best known being the ANSI/ISO BCD and ALPHA formats.

format

An orderly, structured arrangement of data elements that is necessary to produce a larger entity, such as: a list, record, table, file, or dictionary Also, it is the term that describes the preparation of a magnetic disk to allow it to accept digital data.

format

A particular way to store information on a computer You may need special programs to read certain formats, such as Microsoft Reader to read lit files and Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader to read ebx files.

format

Radio: This is the actual content of the station's broadcast News, Black, Classical, Middle of the Road , Top 40 Hits, and Country are some of the varied and changeable formats It is the most important factor in determining a station's listenership and the resulting demographic characteristics of the audience.

format

The size or shape of a negative or print The term usually refers to a particular film size, for example 35mm format, but in its most general sense can mean simply whether a picture is upright or longitudinal Cameras are usually categorized by the format of the film they use. the assignment of each of the data elements of a data object to a field or sub-field and to a specific location or address in a given physical medium or in a device [610 0-G-5] [620 0-B-1].

format

Documents shall be prepared on A4 80 gsm copier paper and/or the form of electronic media specified in the requirements Each page of a document shall be numbered in Arabic numerals consecutively from Section 1 to the appendices Documents may be printed on one or both sides of each page On single sided documents the document control number shall be on the top right hand side For double sided all even pages shall have document control numbers on the top left hand side and on odd pages on the top right hand side Each page prior to Section 1 shall be numbered in lower-case roman numerals. the organization of information according to preset specifications. the general appearance of a publication. set into a specific format; 'Format this letter so it can be printed out'. determine the arrangement of for storage and display. divide into marked sectors so that it may store data; 'Please format this disk before entering data!'.

format

calibre , format , size , stature.

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