functional

functional

English

Etymology

function +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋkt͡ʃənəl/, /ˈfʌŋkt͡ʃnəl/

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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.
   • Antonym: imperative, Synonym: pure
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
• non-functional, nonfunctional, unfunctional
• (medicine: not referrable to a change of structure): organic

Hyponyms

• algofunctional
• crossfunctional
• difunctional
• hyperfunctional
• hypofunctional
• isofunctional
• metafunctional
• monofunctional
• morphofunctional
• myofunctional
• organofunctional
• parafunctional
• semifunctional
• subfunctional
• ultrafunctional

 

Derived terms

• eufunctional
• functional beverage
• functional constituency
• functionalism
• functionalist
• functionality
• functional load
• functionally
• functional necrophilia
• functional water
• monofunctional
• oligofunctional
• polyfunctional
• positive linear functional

 

Related terms

• function
• functional anatomy
• functional application
• functional bombing
• functional constraint
• functional decomposition
• functional dependency
• functional design
• functional diagram
• functional disorder
• functional electrical stimulation
• functional error recovery
• functional failure
• functional food
• functional genomics
• functional group
• functional interleaving
• functional magnetic resonance imaging
• functional MR imaging
• functional programming
• functional requirement
• functional reserve
• functional residual capacity
• functional root
• functional specifications
• functional switching circuit
• functional unit
• functional work
• functionary
• non-functional requirement
• trivial functional dependency

 

Translations

in good working order

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Azerbaijani: işlək Bulgarian: действащ (bg) (dejstvašt), функциониращ (bg) (funkcionirašt) Catalan: funcional (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 功能的 (zh) (gōngnéng de) Czech: funkční (cs) Danish: funktionsdygtig, funktionel Dutch: functionerend (nl), operationeel (nl), werkend (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: toimiva (fi) French: fonctionnel (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: funktional (de), Funktions-, funktionell, Gebrauchs (de)-, operativ (de) Greek: λειτουργικός (el) (leitourgikós) Italian: funzionante (it) Japanese: 機能の (ja) (きのうの, kinō no), 機能する (ja) (きのうする, kinō suru) Kazakh: атқарымдық (atqarymdyq), қызметтік (qyzmettık), функционалды (funksionaldy), функционалдық (funksionaldyq), функциялық (funksiälyq) Khmer: ដើរបាន (daə baan) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: funksjonell (no) Nynorsk: funksjonell Polish: działający, sprawny (pl), aktywny (pl) Portuguese: funcional (pt) Romanian: funcțional (ro) Russian: функциони́рующий (ru) (funkcionírujuščij), де́йствующий (ru) (déjstvujuščij), рабо́чий (ru) (rabóčij), рабо́тающий (ru) (rabótajuščij) Spanish: operativo (es) Swedish: fungerande (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

useful, serving a purpose

Bulgarian: функционален (funkcionalen) Danish: funktionel Dutch: functioneel (nl), doelmatig (nl) Finnish: käytännöllinen (fi) French: fonctionnel (fr) German: funktional (de), Funktions-, funktionell, Gebrauchs (de)-, zweckmäßig (de) Greek: λειτουργικός (el) (leitourgikós) Irish: feidhmiúil, praiticiúil Italian: funzionale (it) Japanese: 便利 (ja) (べんり, benri), 機能的な (ja) (きのうてきな, kinōteki na), 便利 (ja) (べんり, benri) Middle English: official Norwegian: Bokmål: funksjonell (no) Nynorsk: funksjonell Portuguese: funcional (pt) Russian: функциона́льный (ru) (funkcionálʹnyj) Spanish: útil (es) Swedish: funktionell (sv) Turkish: işlevsel (tr), fonksiyonel (tr)

Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture

such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure

Bulgarian: функционален (funkcionalen) Danish: funktionel French: fonctionnel (fr) Irish: feidhmiúil Italian: funzionante (it) Kazakh: атқарымдық (atqarymdyq), қызметтік (qyzmettık), функционалды (funksionaldy), функционалдық (funksionaldyq), функциялық (funksiälyq) Portuguese: funcional (pt) Spanish: funcional (es)

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

Czech: funkcionální (cs) Danish: funktionel Finnish: funktionaalinen (fi) German: funktional (de), funktions-, funktionell Greek: συναρτησιακός (el) (synartisiakós) Italian: funzionale (it) Polish: funkcyjny (pl) Russian: функциона́льный (ru) (funkcionálʹnyj)

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Noun

functional (plural functionals)

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

Derived terms

• functional analysis
• functional analysis diagram
• linear functional

Translations

a function that takes a function as its argument

Chinese: Cantonese: 泛函 (faan3 haam4) Mandarin: 泛函 (zh) (fànhán) Dutch: functionaal (nl) Finnish: funktionaali (fi) German: Funktional n Hungarian: funkcionál (hu) Italian: funzionale (it) m Japanese: 汎関数 (はんかんすう, hankansū) Kazakh: функционал (funksional) Polish: funkcjonał m Russian: функциона́л (ru) m (funkcionál) Swedish: funktional (sv) c Turkish: işlevsi

an object encapsulating a function pointer

Japanese: 関数オブジェクト (kansū obujekuto)

References

• functional on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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