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Definition of well formed in English: well formedadjective 1Correctly or attractively proportioned or shaped. by twenty weeks the fetus is well formed Example sentencesExamples - The inscription is in Greek with well formed letters seven to 12 centimetres high.
- This old gold mine contained well-formed, bright lavender, prismatic amethyst crystals.
- But he raises an interesting question - the difference between the ‘bundle of cells’ and the well-formed fetus that could survive outside of the womb.
- Term infants have well-formed skull bones separated by strips of connective tissue.
- These command stupidly high prices - a 4ft ponga trunk in good shape, with three to four well-formed fronds, can set you back from £100 up.
- Her crops - beans, cucumbers, corn and melons - reached maturity about 10 days earlier than the norm and her produce was well-formed and wonderfully succulent.
- His head was of the common size, to which appertained a well-formed face, a noble look, and tolerably fine eyes; in short, it appeared a borrowed head, stuck on a miserable stump.
- Look at a newborn baby's foot and you will observe a perfect little extremity, well formed with straight toes.
- Foetal organs are well formed and acquire strength by the sixth and seventh months.
- In general, the common name ‘porpoise’ is given to the related species, which lack a well-formed beak and have a squarish head and relatively chunky body.
- Grandifloras grow much like hybrid teas, tall and with well-formed flowers, but the blooms are usually smaller than those of a hybrid tea and are produced in clusters.
- However, exceptional well-formed, lustrous crystals to 10 cm are well known from the Bluebell mine on the shore of Kootenay Lake, British Columbia.
- His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed.
Synonyms good-looking, nice-looking, attractive, personable, striking, stunning, fine, well-proportioned, well-formed - 1.1 (especially of a sentence or phrase) constructed according to grammatical rules.
Example sentencesExamples - Speech (the utterance of a well-formed sentence in a particular situation) establishes three kinds of relation to reality.
- Though grammatically well-formed, the sentence is meaningless - that was Chomsky's point, the independence of syntax from meaning.
- True elementary arithmetic consists of all true well-formed sentences of this restricted language.
- It is a well-formed English sentence with a use in the language.
- A perfectly well-formed answer to this question is ‘One’.
- 1.2Logic Conforming to the formation rules of a logical system.
Example sentencesExamples - The syntax tells us which diagrams are acceptable, that is, which are well-formed, and which manipulations are permissible in each system.
- From a formal point of view, a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises in a well-formed syllogism.
- If human beings are capable of deciding the truth value of every well-formed mathematical statement, then classical logic will prevail after all.
- When the transform is applied to a well-formed logical statement that has a certain truth value in standard analysis, the transfer principle allows us to rest assured that the transformed sentence has the same truth value.
Definition of well formed in US English: well formedadjective 1Correctly or attractively proportioned or shaped. by twenty weeks the fetus is well formed Example sentencesExamples - This old gold mine contained well-formed, bright lavender, prismatic amethyst crystals.
- These command stupidly high prices - a 4ft ponga trunk in good shape, with three to four well-formed fronds, can set you back from £100 up.
- But he raises an interesting question - the difference between the ‘bundle of cells’ and the well-formed fetus that could survive outside of the womb.
- Foetal organs are well formed and acquire strength by the sixth and seventh months.
- In general, the common name ‘porpoise’ is given to the related species, which lack a well-formed beak and have a squarish head and relatively chunky body.
- His head was of the common size, to which appertained a well-formed face, a noble look, and tolerably fine eyes; in short, it appeared a borrowed head, stuck on a miserable stump.
- His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed.
- Look at a newborn baby's foot and you will observe a perfect little extremity, well formed with straight toes.
- The inscription is in Greek with well formed letters seven to 12 centimetres high.
- Grandifloras grow much like hybrid teas, tall and with well-formed flowers, but the blooms are usually smaller than those of a hybrid tea and are produced in clusters.
- However, exceptional well-formed, lustrous crystals to 10 cm are well known from the Bluebell mine on the shore of Kootenay Lake, British Columbia.
- Term infants have well-formed skull bones separated by strips of connective tissue.
- Her crops - beans, cucumbers, corn and melons - reached maturity about 10 days earlier than the norm and her produce was well-formed and wonderfully succulent.
Synonyms good-looking, nice-looking, attractive, personable, striking, stunning, fine, well-proportioned, well-formed - 1.1 (especially of a sentence or phrase) constructed according to grammatical rules.
Example sentencesExamples - Speech (the utterance of a well-formed sentence in a particular situation) establishes three kinds of relation to reality.
- It is a well-formed English sentence with a use in the language.
- A perfectly well-formed answer to this question is ‘One’.
- Though grammatically well-formed, the sentence is meaningless - that was Chomsky's point, the independence of syntax from meaning.
- True elementary arithmetic consists of all true well-formed sentences of this restricted language.
- 1.2Logic Conforming to the formation rules of a logical system.
Example sentencesExamples - From a formal point of view, a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises in a well-formed syllogism.
- The syntax tells us which diagrams are acceptable, that is, which are well-formed, and which manipulations are permissible in each system.
- When the transform is applied to a well-formed logical statement that has a certain truth value in standard analysis, the transfer principle allows us to rest assured that the transformed sentence has the same truth value.
- If human beings are capable of deciding the truth value of every well-formed mathematical statement, then classical logic will prevail after all.
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