Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens.
Form may also refer to:
Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data Form (architecture), a combination of external appearance, internal structure, and the unity of the design Form (education), a class, set, or group of students Form (religion), an academic term for prescriptions or norms on religious practice Form, a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass used by a hare Form, or rap sheet, slang for a criminal record
People Andrew Form, American film producer Fluent Form, Australian rapper and hip hop musician
Arts, entertainment, and media Form (arts organisation), a Western Australian arts organisation Form (visual art), a three-dimensional geometrical figure; one of the seven elements of art Poetic form, a set of structural rules and patterns to which a poem may adhere Musical form, a generic type of composition or the structure of a particular piece The Forms (band), an American indie rock band Form, 2010 album from Die! Die! Die!
Computing and technology Form (computer virus), the most common computer virus of the 1990s Form (HTML), 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 Google Forms, cloud-based survey software 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 Form Energy, an American energy storage startup company
Martial arts 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
Mathematics 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 First-order reliability method, a semi-probabilistic reliability analysis method devised to evaluate the reliability of a system 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 VN → F Quadratic form, a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables Sesquilinear form, a generalisation of bilinear forms, especially on complex vector spaces (Hermitian forms)
Philosophy Argument form, 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 Intelligible form, a substantial form as it is apprehended by the intellect 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
Science Form (botany), a formal taxon at a rank lower than species Form (zoology), informal taxa used sometimes in zoology Form, object of study of Morphology "-form", a term used in science to describe large groups, often used in taxonomy Isoform, several different forms of the same protein
Sports Form (exercise), a proper way of performing an exercise Form (horse racing), or racing form, a record of a racehorse's performance Kata, a choreographed pattern of martial arts movements made to be practised alone
Other uses Form (cigarette), a Finnish cigarette brand Form, a backless bench formerly used for seating in dining halls, school rooms and courtrooms Form, the relation a word has to a lexeme Formwork, a mold used for concrete construction
See also FORM (disambiguation) Conformity (disambiguation) Deformation (disambiguation) Form factor (disambiguation) Formal (disambiguation) Formalism (disambiguation) Formation (disambiguation) Forme (disambiguation) Formula (disambiguation) Inform (disambiguation) Reform (disambiguation)