Used chiefly attributively before nouns to denote compliance with a prescribed set of rules or to describe something produced according to a predictable pattern.
Definitionen
Relating to or designating something that follows a prescribed or standard set of rules or specifications, especially in motor racing classifications.
Formula One cars are subjected to strict technical regulations.
Constituting or produced according to a fixed or predictable pattern; formulaic.
Critics called it a formula comedy that offered no real surprises.