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formal language
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formal language [¦fȯr·məl ′laŋ·gwij]
(computer science)
An abstract mathematical object used to model the syntax of a programming or natural language.


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It found its first formal expression in the creation of the Arab League in 1945, which gave a single voice to newly independent Arab states after World War II.
The idea that painting was somehow bound to fail--a presupposition that finds formal expression in the now-prevalent "deskilled" aesthetic--is also worked through in deeper conceptual terms in the canvases of Tuymans and those in his wake.
In particular, Dakar-based artists frequently associate their own practices with a particular artistic "generation," a term that encompasses both temporal parameters and a shared set of ideas about art practice, formal expression, and artistic persona.
 
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