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Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object.

Form may also refer to:

Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
Form (education), a class, set or group of students
Form (exercise), a proper way of performing an exercise
Form (horse racing), a record of a racehorse's performance, or similarly for an athlete
Form (nest), a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass used by a hare
Form (religion), an academic term for prescriptions or norms on religious practice
Musical form, a generic type of composition or the structure of a particular piece
Criminal record, slang

Mathematics [link]

Algebraic form (homogeneous polynomial), which generalises quadratic forms to degrees 3 and more, also known as quantics or simply forms
Bilinear form, on a vector space V over a field F is a mapping V × V → F that is linear in both arguments
Differential form, a concept from differential topology that combines multilinear forms and smooth functions
Indeterminate form, an algebraic expression that cannot be used to evaluate a limit
Modular form, a (complex) analytic function on the upper half plane satisfying a certain kind of functional equation and growth condition
Multilinear form, which generalises bilinear forms to mappings V^N → F
Quadratic form, a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables

Biology [link]

Form (botany), a formal taxon at a rank lower than species
Form (zoology), informal taxa used sometimes in zoology

Computing [link]

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 (symbolic manipulation system), a program for symbolic computations
Form (computer virus), the most common computer virus of the 1990s
Oracle Forms, a Rapid Application Development environment for developing database applications
Windows Forms, the graphical API within the Microsoft .NET Framework for access to native Microsoft Windows interface elements
XForms, an XML format for the specification of user interfaces, specifically web forms

Martial arts [link]

Kata (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
Taolu (套路), forms used in Chinese martial arts and sport wushu

Philosophy [link]

Substantial form, asserts that ideas organize matter and make it intelligible
Theory of Forms, asserts that ideas possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality
Value-form, an approach to understanding the origins of commodity trade and the formation of markets
Argument form, aka Logical form or Test form - replacing the different words, or sentences, that make up the argument with letters, along the lines of algebra; the letters represent logical variables

Other [link]

First-order reliability method, a semi-probabilistic reliability analysis method devised to evaluate the reliability of a system
Form, the relation a word has to a lexeme
Formwork, a mould used for concrete construction
Isoform, several different forms of the same protein
Sixth form, an English term for the final two years of secondary school
The Forms (band), an American indie rock band

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Formwork

Formwork is the term given to either temporary or permanent molds into which concrete or similar materials are poured. In the context of concrete construction, the falsework supports the shuttering moulds.

Formwork and concrete form types

Formwork comes in several types:

Traditional timber formwork. The formwork is built on site out of timber and plywood or moisture-resistant particleboard. It is easy to produce but time-consuming for larger structures, and the plywood facing has a relatively short lifespan. It is still used extensively where the labour costs are lower than the costs for procuring reusable formwork. It is also the most flexible type of formwork, so even where other systems are in use, complicated sections may use it.

Engineered Formwork System. This formwork is built out of prefabricated modules with a metal frame (usually steel or aluminium) and covered on the application (concrete) side with material having the wanted surface structure (steel, aluminum, timber, etc.). The two major advantages of formwork systems, compared to traditional timber formwork, are speed of construction (modular systems pin, clip, or screw together quickly) and lower life-cycle costs (barring major force, the frame is almost indestructible, while the covering if made of wood; may have to be replaced after a few - or a few dozen - uses, but if the covering is made with steel or aluminium the form can achieve up to two thousand uses depending on care and the applications).

Form (religion)

In academic discussions of organized religion, the term form is sometimes used to describe prescriptions or norms on religious practice.

Christian forms

Forms in Christianity are mostly familiarly dictates of church authority or tradition (e.g. church government, liturgy, doctrine). However, the term is used by some authors to refer to a broader category that includes other patterns of religious practice.

Most notably, Christian scholar D. G. Hart uses this term to compare and contrast the practices of evangelical Protestants and what he calls "confessional Protestants" (for example Anglicans and most Lutherans). He argues that the confessionals follow forms that are dictated by church authority or tradition, and calls these forms churchly forms. On the other hand, noting the resistance to such central authority and tradition among evangelicals, he labels the forms of these denominations parachurchly forms, as they are often dictated by parachurch organizations and other influences beyond the direct control of any particular church.

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