the natural action or intended purpose of a person or thing in a specific role: the function of a hammer is to hit nails into wood
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an official or formal social gathering or ceremony
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a factor dependent upon another or other factors: the length of the flight is a function of the weather
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maths, logicmap, Also called: mapping a relation between two sets that associates a unique element (the value) of the second (the range) with each element (the argument) of the first (the domain): a many-one relation. Symbol: f(x) The value of f(x) for x = 2 is f(2)
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to operate or perform as specified; work properly
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(foll by as) to perform the action or role (of something or someone else): a coin may function as a screwdriver
[C16: from Latin functiō, from fungī to perform, discharge]
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.