Function (IPA: /ˈfəŋkʃən/)
| Function (n.) |
The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. |
| Function (n.) |
The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. |
| Function (n.) |
The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. |
| Function (n.) |
The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. |
| Function (n.) |
A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. |
| Function (v. i.) |
Alt. of Functionate |
| Function |
Mathematical binary relation between two sets, which is right-unique, but not necessarily left-total (a function which is left-total is a partial function, application, map, or mapping) |
| Function |
Responsibility within an organization, term in organizational theory |
| Function |
In engineering, a specific process, action or task that a technical or physical system is able to perform |
| Function |
Mathematical functions in elementary mathematics with a didactic purpose |
| Function |
Subroutine whose main scope is to return a value |
| Function Synonyms |
Social Function, Occasion, Affair, Social Occasion |
| Function Synonyms |
Mathematical Function |
| Function Synonyms |
Part, Role, Office |
| Function Synonyms |
Use, Role, Purpose |
| Function Synonyms |
Subprogram, Procedure, Routine, Subroutine |
| Function Synonyms |
Officiate |
| Function Synonyms |
Serve |
| Function Synonyms |
Work, Go, Operate, Run |
| Translations |
Function in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "[ Management can be defined as] the function of getting things done through others." - Cyril J. O'Donnell |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [Art is] a means to function thoroughly and passionately in a world that has a lot more to it than paint." - Robert Rauschenberg |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A parser for things Is a function from strings To lists of pairs Of things and strings" - Haskell |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A social welfare function is simply a statement of how society's well-being relates to the well- being of its members." - Harvey S. Rosen |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Back when PHP had less than 100 functions and the function hashing mechanism was strlen()" - Rasmus Lerdorf |
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