well-formed
Adjective
Meaning
conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers
Source: WordNetAlternative names
well formed
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spoke in grammatical sentences
A decision procedure for determining whether a formula is well-formed goes as follows: "deconstruct" the formula by applying the Construction Rules backwards, thereby breaking the formula into smaller subformulae.
A document sent with the XHTML MIME type is expected to be well-formed XML; syntax errors may cause the browser to fail to render it.
A formal language can be thought of as identical to the set of its well-formed formulas.
And the music and lyrics are as pretty and as well-formed as a bonsai tree.
Additionally, the Anglo-Kabarda inherited its well-formed joints, sloping shoulders and long legs and neck from its other progenitor: the Thoroughbred.