functional
(adjective) designed for or capable of a particular function or use; “a style of writing in which every word is functional”; “functional architecture”
operative, running(a), functional, working
(adjective) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; “in running (or working) order”; “a functional set of brakes”
functional
(adjective) involving or affecting function rather than physiology; “functional deafness”
functional
(adjective) designed for or adapted to a function or use; “functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical”; “functional architecture”
functional, usable, useable, operable, operational
(adjective) fit or ready for use or service; “the toaster was still functional even after being dropped”; “the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable”; “an operational aircraft”; “the dishwasher is now in working order”
functional
(adjective) relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure; “the problem now is not a constitutional one; it is a functional one”; “delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
functional (comparative more functional, superlative most functional)
In good working order.
Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function
Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture
(computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
• Antonym: imperative
(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.
• functioning, working
• utilitarian
• dysfunctional
• non-functional, nonfunctional, unfunctional
• (medicine: not referrable to a change of structure): organic
• algofunctional
• crossfunctional
• difunctional
• hyperfunctional
• hypofunctional
• isofunctional
• metafunctional
• monofunctional
• morphofunctional
• myofunctional
• organofunctional
• parafunctional
• semifunctional
• subfunctional
• ultrafunctional
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).
Source: Wiktionary
Func"tion*al, a.
1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 February 2025
(noun) (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; “the tumor’s invasion of surrounding structures”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
