Form 171578 218081764 2008-06-09T01:57:47Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[eo:Formo]] {{Wiktionarypar|form}} {{TOCright}} '''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#Strength_training|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 *[[Wushu (sport)|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 <i>V</i> over a field <i>F</i> is a mapping <i>V</i> &times; <i>V</i> → <i>F</i> that is linear in both arguments * [[Multilinear form]], which generalises bilinear forms to mappings <i>V</i><sup><i>N</i></sup> → <i>F</i> * [[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 *[[Red Giant Software|Trapcode's ''Form'']] a particle-based plug-in for several [[Motion graphic]] software packages. == See also == *[[Sixth form]], a British term for the final two years of secondary school {{disambig}} [[cs:Tvar]] [[da:Form]] [[de:Form]] [[es:Forma]] [[eo:Formo]] [[fr:Forme]] [[ia:Forma]] [[it:Form]] [[ms:Bentuk]] [[nl:Vorm]] [[ja:形態]] [[pt:Forma]] [[ru:Форма (значения)]] [[scn:Forma]] [[simple:Form]] [[sk:Forma]] [[sv:Form]] [[tr:Form (felsefe)]] [[uk:Форма]] [[yi:פארעם]] [[zh:形態]]