functional

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Synonyms: unctional, junctional, afunctional, function, functionary, functions, fractional, fictional, functionate, suctional, function as

Antonyms: unctional, junctional, afunctional, function, functionary, functions, fractional, fictional, functionate, suctional, function as

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. In good [[working order]].
2. {{U|useful}}; serving a [[purpose]], fulfilling a function.
3. Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture.
4. Of or relating to one's [[role]] or [[office]]; [[official]].
5. {{lb|en|physiology|psychology}} Characterizing [[functioning]] in environment, being [[symptom]]s that do not [[presuppose]] [[alteration]] of [[organic]] [[structure]].
6. Optimized for [[all-around]] [[physiological]] [[benefit]].
7. {{lb|en|math}} Of or relating to a [[function]] or functions.
8. {{lb|en|computing theory}} Having [[semantics]] defined purely in terms of mathematical [[function]]s, without [[side-effect]]s.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A [[function]] that takes a function as its [[argument]]; more precisely, a function whose argument varies in a space of (real- or complex-valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space.
2. {{lb|en|mathematics|functional analysis}} A [[scalar]]-valued {{w|linear function}} on a [[vector space]].
3. {{lb|en|computing}} An [[object]] [[encapsulating]] a [[function]] [[pointer]] (or equivalent).

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