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Form may mean:
- Form, the shape, appearance, or configuration, of an object
- Form (furniture), a long seat or bench without a back
- Form (education), a class, set or group of students
- Form, a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass used by a hare
- Form (concrete), a mould used for concrete construction
- Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
- Plato's Theory of forms
- Form (philosophy)
- Form (religion), an academic term for prescriptions or norms on religious practice
- Form (horse racing), a record of a racehorse's performance
- Musical form, a generic type of composition or the structure of a particular piece
- Form (exercise), a proper way of performing an exercise to avoid injury or cheating
- The Forms (band), an American indie rock band
In martial arts
- Kata (martial arts) (型 or 形), the detailed pattern of defence-and-attack
- Taeguk (Taekwondo) (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
In mathematics
- Quadratic form, a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables
- Algebraic form, which generalises quadratic forms to degrees 3 and more, also known as quantics or simply forms
- Bilinear form, on a vector space V over a field F is a mapping V × V → F that is linear in both arguments
- Multilinear form, which generalises bilinear forms to mappings VN → F
- Differential form, a concept from differential topology that combines multilinear forms and smooth functions
- Modular form, a (complex) analytic function on the upper half plane satisfying a certain kind of functional equation and growth condition
- Indeterminate form, an algebraic expression that cannot be used to evaluate a limit
In biology
- Form (botany), a formal taxon at a rank lower than species
- Form (zoology), informal taxa used sometimes in zoology
In computing
- Form (web), a document form used on a web page to, typically, submit user data to a server
- Form (programming), a component-based representation of a GUI window
- Form (computer virus), the most common computer virus of the 1990s
- Oracle Forms, a Rapid Application Development environment for developing database applications
- Windows Forms
- XForms, an XML format for the specification of user interfaces, specifically web forms
- Trapcode's Form a particle-based plug-in for several Motion graphic software packages. A form is a class or grouping of students in a School. The term is used predominantly in the United Kingdom, although some schools mostly private Hares and jackrabbits are Leporids belonging to the Genus Lepus. Formwork is the term given to either temporary or permanent moulds into which Concrete or similar materials are poured A form is a Document with spaces ( fields in which to write or select for a series of documents with similar contents Plato 's Theory of Forms asserts that Forms (or Ideas) and not the material world of change known to us through sensation, possess In academic discussions of organized religion, the term form is sometimes used to describe prescriptions or norms on religious practice This article deals with forms in horse racing For other meanings see Form (disambiguation. The term musical form refers to two related concepts the type of composition (for example a musical work can have the form of a Symphony, a Form is a way of performing a movement to avoid injury and cheating. The Forms are an Indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York Members Alex Tween (vox guitar Brendan Kenny (guitar Jackson Kenny (bass Matt Walsh For other uses see Kata (disambiguation. is a Japanese word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practiced either solo or Taeguk (in World Taekwondo Federation, or WTF Taekwondo) refers to a set of Pumsae used to create a foundation for the teaching of Taekwondo Wushu, also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu, is both an exhibition and a full-contact Sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts In Mathematics, a quadratic form is a Homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables In Mathematics, a homogeneous polynomial is a Polynomial whose terms are Monomials all having the same total degree; or are elements of the same In Mathematics, a bilinear form on a Vector space V is a Bilinear mapping V × V → F, where In Multilinear algebra, a multilinear form is a map of the type f V^N \to K where V is a Vector space In the mathematical fields of Differential geometry and Tensor calculus, differential forms are an approach to Multivariable calculus which is In Mathematics, a modular form is a (complex Analytic function on the Upper half-plane satisfying a certain kind of Functional equation and In Calculus and other branches of Mathematical analysis, an indeterminate form is an Algebraic expression obtained in the context of Limits This article is about "form" in botany For the use in zoology see Form (zoology. This article is not about formal Zoological nomenclature; it describes terms that are sometimes used but have no standing under the ICZN. A webform on a Web page allows a user to enter data that is typically sent to a server for processing and to mimic the usage of paper forms. In component-based programming ( Visual Basic,.NET WinForms, and Delphi) a form is an easy way to create a GUI window Form is an unremarkable Boot virus. It was isolated in Switzerland in the summer of 1990 and subsequently became very common worldwide Oracle Forms is a tool (somewhat like Visual Basic in appearance but the code inside is PL/SQL) which allows a developer to quickly create user-interface applications which Windows Forms is the name given to the Graphical user interface application programming interface (API included as a part of Microsoft's. XForms is an XML format for the specification of a data processing model for XML data and User interface (s for the XML data such as web forms. Red Giant Software was founded in 2002 by industry veterans to develop and distribute special effects tools for digital video & film professionals Motion graphics are graphics that use video and/or Animation technology to create the Illusion of motion or a transforming appearance
See also
- Sixth form, a British term for the final two years of secondary school
Dictionary
form
-noun
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- (uncountable, UK) A criminal record.
-verb
- To give shape or visible structure to a thing or person.