Meaning of FUNCTIONAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'fungkshunl
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- [adj] designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture"
- [adj] (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
- [adj] (pathology) involving or affecting function rather than physiology; "functional deafness"
- [adj] designed for or adapted to a function or use; "functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical"; "functional architecture"
- [adj] fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"
- [adj] relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure; "the problem now is not a constitutional one; it is a functional one"; "delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis"
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| | Synonyms: | | functioning, in working order(p), operable, operational, operative, practical, running(a), structural, usable, useable, useful, utilitarian, working(a) |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonfunctional, organic | | |
| | See Also: | | serviceable | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Definition: | | 1. Working correctly. 2. Pertaining to functional programming. 3. higher-order function. |
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