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What does well-formed mean?

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Adjective
  1. (linguistics) Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.
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Unfortunately, most were not well-formed single crystals but were somewhat irregular masses.
True elementary arithmetic consists of all true well-formed sentences of this restricted language.
The syntax tells us which diagrams are acceptable, that is, which are well-formed, and which manipulations are permissible in each system.
Term infants have well-formed skull bones separated by strips of connective tissue.
Not pudgy or obese, but enormously tall with muscles covering every inch of their well-formed bodies.
Groups of well-formed octahedrally modified cubic crystals were found, with individuals to 3.5 cm across.

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