Sekirov Dictionary

functional

/ˈfʌŋkt͡ʃənəl/

adjective 8
noun 3
forms 3

adjective8

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Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
- That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.
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Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture.
- A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements.
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In good working order.
- While we assume that phonological subsyllabic units are functional prior to reading skill, we have not ruled out a possible interaction with the writing system. — 2002
Of or relating to a function or functions.
Of or relating to one's role or office; official.
Characterizing functioning in environment, being symptoms that do not presuppose alteration of organic structure.
Optimized for all-around physiological benefit.
Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.

noun3

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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.
- An example of a functional is the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.
A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).

forms

functionals · more functional · most functional

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