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function definition
Overview
This page has 14 definitions of function in English and Middle French. Function is a noun and verb. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English function definition
Etymology
From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/, /ˈfʌŋkʃn̩/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfʌŋkʃən/, [ˈfʌŋkʃɪ̈n], [ˈfʌŋkʃn̩]
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: func‧tion
- Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
Noun
function (plural functions)
- What something does or is used for.
- 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
- Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
- A professional or official position.
- Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role
- An official or social occasion.
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- 2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x:
- Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation
- Hypernym: relation
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Hyponyms
astronomy: Hyponyms of function
- luminosity function
- mass function
- phase function
- source function
computing: Hyponyms of function
- anonymous function
- Boolean function
- built-in function
- computable function
- concave function
- constructor function
- convex function
- error function
- first-class function
- predefined function
- recursive function
- restricted function
- second-class function
- set function
- switch function
- third-class function
- transition function
- user-defined function
logic: Hyponyms of function
- AND function
- Boolean function
- NOR function
- NOT function
- OR function
- propositional function
- switching function
- truth function
management: Hyponyms of function
mathematics: Hyponyms of function
- additive function
- aggregate function
- algebraic function
- alternating function
- analytic function
- anonymous function
- Baire function
- bei function
- ber function
- Bessel function
- beta function
- Bloch function
- bounded function
- boxcar function
- Brillouin function
- Cantor function
- characteristic function
- Chebyshev function
- circular function
- comparable function
- complementary function
- composite function
- connect function
- constant function
- constraint function
- contiguous function
- continuous function
- correlation function
- cost function
- critical function
- cylinder function
- decreasing function
- delta function
- density function
- describing function
- differentiable function
- discriminant function
- dissipation function
- distance function
- distribution function
- driving-point function
- eigenfunction
- elementary function
- Emden function
- entire function
- Euler's phi function
- even function
- explicit function
- exponential function
- first-class function
- form function
- Fowler function
- frontogenetic function
- gamma function
- generating function
- Green's function
- Hamiltonian function
- Hankel function
- harmonic function
- hei function
- her function
- Hildebrand function
- homogeneous function
- Hugoniot function
- hyperbolic function
- hypergeometric function
- identity function
- implicit function
- impulse function
- incidence function
- increasing function
- independent function
- influence function
- inner function
- integrable function
- integral function
- invariant function
- inverse function
- inverting function
- J function
- jump function
- kei function
- ker function
- Koebe function
- Lagrangian function
- Lamé function
- Legendre function
- Leverett function
- linear function
- Liouville function
- loss function
- Lyapunov function
- mass function
- Massieu function
- Mathieu function
- measurable function
- membership function
- meromorphic function
- microspec function
- Möbius function
- monotone function
- multilinear function
- natural function
- Neumann function
- normalized function
- normalized support function
- number-theoretic function
- objective function
- odd function
- one-way function
- orthogonal function
- orthonormal function
- partial function
- partition function
- Patterson function
- penalty function
- periodic function
- Planck function
- point function
- polynomial function
- power function
- principal function
- psi function
- quadratic function
- Rademacher function
- random function
- rational function
- real function
- recursive function
- regular function
- Riemann function
- Riemann P function
- sample function
- scalar function
- self-organizing function
- sensitivity function
- shear-viscosity function
- sigma function
- signum function
- simple function
- single-valued function
- sinusoidal function
- Smarandache function
- special function
- step function
- stream function
- stress function
- summable function
- support function
- symmetric function
- test function
- theta function
- torsion function
- transcendental function
- transfer function
- transmission function
- trigonometric cofunction
- trigonometric function
- truth function
- unit function
- universal wavelength function
- variadic function
- vector function
- Wannier function
- Weierstrass function
- weight function
- zeta function
physics: Hyponyms of function
- Airy function
- excitation function
- information function of a partition
- Langevin function
- luminosity function
- nuclear response function
- partition function
- psi function
- scattering function
- spectral function
- wave function
- work function
Derived terms
terms derived from function
- analytical function generator
- anatomy of function
- bifunctional
- cofunction
- difunctional
- diode function generator
- dysfunction
- eigenfunction expansion
- functional
- functionalism
- functionality
- function code
- function-evaluation routine
- function failure safety
- function generator
- functionhood
- function key
- function multiplier
- function object
- function pointer
- function space
- function switch
- function table
- function unit
- general-purpose function generator
- implicit function theorem
- inverse function theorem
- malfunction
- malfunction routine
- mathematical function program
- minimal brain dysfunction syndrome
- monofunctional compound
- multifunction array radar
- nonfunctional packages software
- positive linear functional
- programmed function key
- radicofunctional name
- second-class function
- separated-function synchrotron
- sharpness function technique
- step-function generator
- subfunctional
- tapped-potentiometer function generator
- thermodynamic function of state
- tool-function controller
- variable diode function generator
Related terms
terms derived from function
Translations
what something does or is used for
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professional or official position
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official or social occasion
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relation where one thing is dependent on another
mathematics: a relation between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs
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computing: routine that returns a result
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biology: physiological activity of an organ or body part
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chemistry: characteristic behavior of a chemical compound
References
Verb
function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)
- (intransitive) To have a function.
- (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
- Synonyms: go, operate, run, work
- Antonym: malfunction
Related terms
Translations
to have a function
to carry on a function
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Middle French function definition
Noun
function f (plural functions)
- function (what something's intended use is)