function
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle French fonction < Old French function < Latin functio gen. functionis "performance, execution" < Latin functus pp. of fungor "perform, execute, discharge".
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function (plural functions)
- What something does or is used for.
- A professional or official position.
- An official or social occasion.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
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- (what something does or is used for): aim, intention, purpose, role, use
- (professional or official position): occupation, office, part, role
- (official or social occasion): affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
- (analysis: many-to-one relation): many-to-one map, many-to-one mapping, mathematical function, operation, transformation
- (computing: routine that returns a result): procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine
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terms derived from "function"
[edit] Translations
what something does or is used for
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professional or official position
official or social occasion
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relation where one thing is dependent on another
mathematics: one-to-one relation
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computing: routine that returns a result
biology: physiological activity of an organ or body part
chemistry: characteristic behavior of a chemical compound
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to function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)
- (intransitive) to have a function
- (intransitive) to carry on a function; to be in action
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- (to carry on a function): malfunction
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to have a function
to carry on a function
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