functionhood

functionhood

English

Etymology

From function +‎ -hood.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋkʃn̩hʊd/

Noun

functionhood (uncountable)

1. (mathematics, logic, grammar) The state or quality of being a function.
   • 1999, William Dunham, Euler: The Master of Us All, The Mathematical Association of America 1999, p. 17:

     He did not distill the essential idea of functionhood: that to each x in the domain there corresponds a unique y in the range.