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formal system

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(Logic) logic an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system. Also called: formal theory or formal calculus Compare formal language
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The formal system of education in Pakistan covers only limited female population.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said there was no formal system for recording, investigating and responding to complaints.
I recommend a formal system to alert of declines in a customer's credit rating.
Singh was of the opinion that entrusting the yoga guru for imparting yoga and ayurveda in the formal system of education would be an utter disregard as the latter lacked even formal education.
At CS Labels the environment has been a concern of ours from day one, and this formal system gives us a sensible framework to use now, and in the future, where we will be further reducing our percentage of impact on the environment."
As a champion of what we do being measured and tested and our remuneration being geared towards this, it is great news that, even though we don't have a formal system for measuring TV viewing, we at least have one part of the media standing up to being counted.
The first committee will be responsible for analyzing these phenomena at the economic, legal and tax levels, the second will focus on identifying ways of gradual integration in the formal system, while the third will deal with aspects of information and awareness , according to a statement from the Prime Ministry released Friday.
According to that account, a G-level mathematical assertion from a given mathematical practice is provable, and hence its C-level correlate true, if it is provable in a formal system that is a legitimate injective idealization of the practice in question, while such a G-level assertion is refutable if it is refutable in such a formal system.
"Whereas our last major drill in 2005 was hampered by a lack of co-ordination and the absence of a formal system at Dubal, this month's drill was performed excellently," Al Abbar explained.

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