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Noun: formalisation  ,for-mu-lI'zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: formalization)
  1. The act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)
    "The formalisation of the theory made it more rigorous";
    - formalization

Derived forms: formalisations

Type of: rationalisation [Brit], rationalization, systematisation [Brit], systematization

Encyclopedia: Formalisation