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func⋅tion⋅al

  [fuhngk-shuh-nl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
2. capable of operating or functioning: When will the ventilating system be functional again?
3. having or serving a utilitarian purpose; capable of serving the purpose for which it was designed: functional architecture; a chair that is functional as well as decorative.
4. Also, func⋅tion⋅al⋅is⋅tic. (of a building or furnishing) constructed or made according to the principles of functionalism or primarily as a direct fulfillment of a material need.
5. Medicine/Medical. without a known organic cause or structural change: a functional disorder. Compare organic (def. 5).
6. pertaining to an algebraic operation: a functional symbol.
7. Linguistics. (of linguistic analysis, language teaching, etc.) concerned with the communicative role of language rather than, in addition to, or as the framework for its formal structure.
–noun
8. Mathematics. a function that has a domain whose elements are functions, sets, or the like, and that assumes numerical values.
Origin:
1625–35; function + -al 1

Related forms:
func⋅tion⋅al⋅i⋅ty, noun
func⋅tion⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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func·tion·al   (fŭngk'shə-nəl)   
adj.  
    1. Of or relating to a function.
    2. Of, relating to, or indicating a mathematical function or functions.
  2. Designed for or adapted to a particular function or use: functional architecture.
  3. Capable of performing; operative: a functional set of brakes.
  4. Pathology Involving functions rather than a physiological or structural cause.
n.  A linear function on vectors whose values are scalars.
func'tion·al·ly adv.
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Functional

Func"tion*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

2. (Physiol.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : functional
Spanish: funcional, práctico,
German: zweckmäßig,
Japanese: 機能的な
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Main Entry: func·tion·al
Pronunciation: 'f&[ng](k)-shn&l, -sh&n-&l
Function: adjective
1 a : of, connectedwith, or being a function —compare STRUCTURAL 1 b : affecting physiological or psychological functionsbut not organic structure <functional heart disease> functional psychosis> —compare ORGANIC1b
2 : performing or able to perform a regular function —func·tion·al·ly /-E/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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functional func·tion·al (fŭngk'shə-nəl)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to a function.
  2. Affecting the physiological function but not the structure.

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functional   (fŭngk'shə-nəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Affecting bodily functions but not organic structure, as a disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome. Compare organic.
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functional
1. Working correctly.
2. Pertaining to functional programming.
3. higher-order function.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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