functional

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English

Etymology

function +‎ -al

Adjective

functional (comparative more functional, superlative most functional)

1. In good working order.
2. Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function

   That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.

3. Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture

   A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements

4. (computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
5. (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
• (medicine: not referrable to a change of structure): organic

Derived terms

Derived terms

function functional analysis functional analysis diagram functional anatomy functional application functional bombing functional constraint functional decomposition functional design functional diagram functional disorder functional electrical stimulation

functional error recovery functional failure functional group functional interleaving functional programming functional requirement functional residual capacity functional specifications functional switching circuit functional unit functionality functionally

Related terms

• functionary

Translations

in good working order

Czech: funkční (cs) Dutch: functionerend, operationeel, werkend Finnish: toimiva (fi) French: fonctionnel (fr) German: funktional (de), Funktions (de)-, funktionell (de), Gebrauchs (de)-, operativ (de)

Greek: λειτουργικός (lightorghikós) Italian: funzionante (it) Portuguese: funcional (pt) c. Russian: функционирующий (funkcioníruyuš'ij), действующий (d'éjstvuyuš'ij), рабочий (rabóčij) Swedish: fungerande (sv)

useful, serving a purpose

Dutch: functioneel, doelmatig Finnish: käytännöllinen (fi) German: funktional (de), Funktions (de)-, funktionell (de), Gebrauchs (de)-, zweckmäßig (de) Italian: funzionale (it)

Japanese: 便利 (べんり, benri) Portuguese: funcional (pt) c. Russian: функциональный (ru) (funkcionál'nyj) Swedish: funktionell (sv) Turkish: işlevsel (tr), fonksiyonel (tr)

utilitarian — see utilitarian

Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects

Czech: funkcionální (cs) German: funktional (de), funktions (de)-, funktionell (de)

Italian: funzionale (it) Russian: функциональный (funkcionál'nyj)

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Mandarin: 功能

Spanish: funcional m. and f.

Noun

functional (plural functionals)

1. (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.
2. (computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).

Translations

a function that takes a function as its argument

Dutch: functionaal (nl) German: Funktional (de) n. Italian: funzionale (it) m. Japanese: 関数オブジェクト (ja)

Russian: функционал (ru) (funkcionál) m. Swedish: funktional (sv) c. Turish: işlevsi (tr)

External links

• functional in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• functional in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• functional at OneLook Dictionary Search