FUNCTIONAL

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


Etymology

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• functioning, working

• utilitarian

Antonyms

• dysfunctional

• non-functional, nonfunctional, unfunctional

• (medicine: not referrable to a change of structure): organic

Hyponyms

• algofunctional

• crossfunctional

• difunctional

• hyperfunctional

• hypofunctional

• isofunctional

• metafunctional

• monofunctional

• morphofunctional

• myofunctional

• organofunctional

• parafunctional

• semifunctional

• subfunctional

• ultrafunctional

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).

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



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