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Formalisée

Formalisée is the feminine singular past participle of the French verb formaliser. As an adjective, it describes something that has been made formal, codified, or expressed according to a system of rules. It typically implies that a process, method, or language has been defined with explicit formal criteria rather than left informal or ad hoc.

In usage, formalisée can modify procedures, models, specifications, or languages. Examples include: "une procédure formalisée" (a

Etymology and morphology: formalisée derives from formalisar with the feminine agreement to noun gender. The root

See also: formalisation, formalism, formal language, formal methods, formalisation in scientific contexts. Examples in practice illustrate

formalized
procedure);
"un
modèle
formalisé"
(a
formalized
model);
"un
langage
formalisé"
(a
formal
language).
In
linguistics
or
semiotics,
one
might
speak
of
a
cadre
formalisé
to
denote
a
framework
governed
by
formal
rules.
In
computer
science
or
mathematics,
it
signals
that
concepts
have
been
rigorously
specified
according
to
formal
syntax
and
semantics,
e.g.,
"calcul
formalisé"
or
"spécification
formalisée."
comes
from
Latin
formalis,
meaning
related
to
a
form,
and
the
suffix
-iser
indicates
the
process
of
making
something
formal.
The
masculine
counterpart
is
formalisé,
and
the
plural
formalisées
is
used
with
feminine
plural
nouns.
how
formalisée
signals
that
an
element
has
been
explicitly
defined,
rule-based,
and
ready
for
rigorous
analysis
or
implementation.