formal system

noun

1. See formal language
   logic an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system Also calledformal theoryformal calculus Compare formal language

Example Sentences

He thinks that the less formal system at Oxford might have suited my brother better.

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He was not concerned with the theories of Evolution, the Pragmatic Philosophy or any other formal system of learning or ethics.

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In cutting, which has a so-called apprenticeship lasting from two to six years, there is no formal system of instruction.

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No one ever lived who had not a little more to say for himself than any formal system of justice was likely to say for him.

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