In the Irish (Gaeilge) the word baile can mean either 'home' (sa bhaile, at home) or 'a town/village'. The latter is seen in the numerous placenames beginning with 'Bally-'. Bâ¦allybeg, Ballymore, etc. In the Scottish Gaelic language (Gaidhlig) the meaning of baile is 'village/town/city', used in placenames; Balmoral etc.
In science, a formula is a concise way of expressing information symbolically, as in a mathematical or chemical formula. The informal use of the term formula in science refers to the general construct of a relationship between given quantities. The plural of formula can be spelled either as formulas or formulae (from the original Latin). In mathematics, a formula is an entity constructed using the symbols and formation rules of a given logical language.
A chemical formula is a way of expressing information about the proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound, using the standard abbreviations for the chemical elements, and subscripts to indicate the number of atoms involved.