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functional
[ fuhngk-shuh-nl ]
adjective
functional difficulties in the administration.
- capable of operating or functioning:
When will the ventilating system be functional again?
- 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.
- Also ڳܲԳ·پDz···پ []. (of a building or furnishing) constructed or made according to the principles of functionalism or primarily as a direct fulfillment of a material need.
- Medicine/Medical. without a known organic cause or structural change: Compare organic ( def 5 ).
a functional disorder.
- pertaining to an algebraic operation:
a functional symbol.
- 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.
functional
/ ˈʌŋʃəə /
adjective
- of, involving, or containing a function or functions
- practical rather than decorative; utilitarian
functional architecture
- capable of functioning; working
- med affecting a function of an organ without structural change
- psychol
- relating to the purpose or context of a behaviour
- denoting a psychosis such as schizophrenia assumed not to have a direct organic cause, like deterioration or poisoning of the brain Compare organic psychosis
noun
- maths a function whose domain is a set of functions and whose range is a set of functions or a set of numbers
Derived Forms
- ˈڳܲԳپDzԲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ڳܲԳ·پDz···ٲ [fuhngk-sh, uh, -, nal, -i-tee], noun
- ڳܲԳ·پDz·· adverb
- ··ڳܲԳ·پDz· adjective
- hy·per·ڳܲԳ·پDz·· adverb
- ܱ·پ·ڳܲԳ·پDz· adjective
- ԴDz·ڳܲԳ·پDz· adjective
- non·ڳܲԳ·پDz·· adverb
- ·ڳܲԳ·پDz· adjective
- ··ڳܲԳ·پDz· adjective
- sem·i·ڳܲԳ·پDz·· adverb
- ܲ·ڳܲԳ·پDz· adjective
- sub·ڳܲԳ·پDz·· adverb
- ··ڳܲԳ·پDz· adjective
- ܲ·ڳܲԳ·پDz· adjective
- un·ڳܲԳ·پDz·· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of functional1
Example Sentences
Midcentury modern, solid as hell, and a lot heavier than you’d expect, Houseplant’s Standing Ash Tray is as much a piece of art as it is functional.
Theater, at least in its most functional form, compels us to experience and reflect upon potential outcomes of policy choices.
Sasaki established his four-seam fastball early, then leaned on his devastating splitter and functional slider as his pitch count rose and he faced batters a third time.
In this scenario, pieces of debris crash into one another, fracture into smaller pieces, which then crash into more junk or even functional spacecraft, creating a chain reaction.
He would instead do his damnedest to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency as a functional workplace, while “walking away from virtually every important climate policy on the books.”
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