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Functional
Func′tion-al
(fŭṉk′shŭn-al)
, Adj.
1.
Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.
2.
(Pathology, Physiol.)
Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general; involving or affecting function rather than physiology;
as,
. See functional
deafness; a functional
diseasefunctional disease
, below. [wns=2]
Functional disease
(Med.)
, a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to
organic disease
, in which the organ itself is affected.Definition 2024
functional
functional
English
Adjective
functional (comparative more functional, superlative most functional)
- In good working order.
- Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function
- That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.
- Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture
- A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements
- (computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
- (medicine) Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- non-functional
- dysfunctional
- (medicine: not referrable to a change of structure): organic
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Translations
in good working order
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useful, serving a purpose
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such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure
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utilitarian — see utilitarian
having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects
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Noun
functional (plural functionals)
- (mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function y=f(x) whose argument x varies in a space of (real valued, complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example: the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.
- (mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
- (computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).
Translations
a function that takes a function as its argument
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an object encapsulating a function pointer
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