Form n (in the philosophy of Plato) an ideal archetype existing independently of those individuals which fall under it, supposedly explaining their common properties and serving as the only objects of true knowledge as opposed to the mere opinion obtainable of matters of fact,
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Idea
art form
n
1 a conventionally established form of artistic composition, such as the symphony or the sonnet
2 a genre or activity viewed or treated as an art form
binary form
n (Music) a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice
by-form
n a subsidiary or variant form
clipped form
n a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
combining form
n a linguistic element that occurs only as part of a compound word, such as anthropo- in anthropology
crystal form
n (Crystallog) a symmetrical set of planes in space, associated with a crystal, having the same symmetry as the crystal class
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crystal habit
dress form
n an adjustable dummy used in dressmaking that can be made to conform to a person's figure