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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#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> × <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
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