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FormBox

is a low-level box construct which displays as boxes but specifies that rules associated with form should be used to interpret boxes on input.

Create a cell with TraditionalForm style settings applied:

Create a cell with StandardForm style settings applied:

FormBox affects interpretation of its contents:

The formatted result looks like this:

Create a cell with TraditionalForm style settings applied:

Out[1]=

Create a cell with StandardForm style settings applied:

Out[1]=

FormBox affects interpretation of its contents:

Out[1]=

Out[2]=

Out[1]//FullForm=

The formatted result looks like this:

Out[2]//TraditionalForm=