function (English)
Etymology
From - fro function#Old_French|function, from - la functus past participle of fungor " perform, execute, discharge".
Pronunciation
- /"fVNkS@n/
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Rhymes: ʌŋkʃən
Noun
What something does or is used for.
A professional or official position.
An official or social occasion.
A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Synonyms
what something does or is used for aim, intention, purpose, role, use
professional or official position occupation, office, part, role
official or social occasion affair, occasion, social_occasion, social_function
analysis: many-to-one relation many-to-one map, many-to-one mapping, mathematical_function, operation, transformation
computing: routine that returns a result procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine
Hypernyms
mathematics relation
Related terms
functor
Derived terms
terms derived from "function"
absolutely_continuous_function
acidity_function
adaptive-control_function
additive_function
additive_set_function
adjoint_wave_function
aggregate_function
Airy_function
Airy_stress_function
algebraic_function
almost-periodic_function
alternating_function
analytic_function
analytical_function_generator
anatomy_of_function
antihyperbolic_function
antisymmetric_wave_function
antisymmetrized_wave_function
antitrigonometric_function
arc-hyperbolic_function
autocorrelation_function
Baire_function
bei_function
ber_function
Bessel_function
beta_function
bifunctional
biharmonic_function
Bloch_function
Boolean_function
Borel_measurable_function
bounded_function
boxcar_function
Brillouin_function
built-in_function
Cantor_function
characteristic_function
circular_function
cofunction
comparable_function
complementary_function
complete_class_of_decision_function
composite_function
compressadensity_function
computable_function
concave_function
confluent_hypergeometric_function
conjugate_convex_function
connect_function
constant_function
constraint_function
contiguous_function
continuous_function
convex_function
cosine_function
cost_function
countably_additive_set_function
countably_subadditive_set_function
critical_function
cross-correlation_function
cyclosymmetric_function
cylinder_function
decreasing_function
delta_function
density_function
describing_function
differentiable_function
difunctional
digamma_function
diode_function_generator
Dirac_wave_function
discriminant_function
disfunction
dissipation_function
driving-point_function
dysfunction
effectively_computable_function
eigenfunction
eigenfunction_expansion
Einstein_partition_function
electron_wave_function
electronic_work_function
elementary_function
elementary_symmetric_function
elliptic_function
Emden_function
entire_function
equivalent_propositional_function
error_function
essentially_bounded_function
Euler's_phi_function
even_function
excitation_function
executive_ego_function
explicit_function
exponential_density_function
exponential_function
exponential_generating_function
feedback_transfer_function_
Fermi-Dirac_distribution_function
form_function
forward_transfer_function
Fowler_function
frontogenetic_function
function_code
function_failure_safety
function_generator
function_key
function_multiplier
function_object
function_space
function_switch
function_table
function_unit
function-evaluation_routine
functional
functionalism
functionality
gamma_function
general-purpose_function_generator
generalized_transmission_function
generating_function
Green's_function
Hamiltonian_function
Hammett_acidity_function
Hankel_function
harmonic_function
Heaviside_unit_function
hei_function
her_function
Hildebrand_function
homogeneous_function
Hugoniot_function
hybrid_wave_function
hyperbolic_function
hypergeometric_function
identity_function
implicit_function
implicit_function_theorem
impulse_function
incidence_function
incomplete_beta_function
incomplete_gamma_function
increasing_function
independent_function
influence_function
information_function_of_a_partition
initial_mass_function
inner_function
integrable_function
integral_function
invariant_function
inverse_function
inverse_function_theorem
inverse_hyperbolic_function
inverse_trigonometric_function
inverting_function
J_function
Jacobian_elliptic_function
jump_function
kei_function
ker_function
Koebe_function
Lagrange_stream_function
Lagrangian_function
Lamé_function
Lamé_wave_function
Langevin_function
left-continuous_function
Legendre_function
Leverett_function
line_function
linear_discriminant_function
linear_function
Liouville_function
locally_integrable_function
logarithmic_trigonometric_function
logarithmically_convex_function
loop_transfer_function
loss_function
lower_semicontinuous_function
luminosity_function
Lyapunov_function
malfunction
malfunction_routine
Massieu_function
mathematical_function_program
Mathieu_function
Maxwell's_stress_function
measurable_function
membership_function
meromorphic_function
microspec_function
minimal_brain_dysfunction_syndrome
Minkowski_distance_function
Möbius_function
modified_Bessel_function
modified_Hankel_function
moment_generating_function
momentum_wave_function
monofunctional_compound
monogenic_analytic_function
monotone_function
monotone_nondecreasing_function
monotone_nonincreasing_function
monotonic_increasing_function
Morera's_stress_function
multifunction_array_radar
multilinear_function
multiplicative_number-theoretic_function
natural_function
Neumann_function
nonfunctional_packages_software
normal_density_function
normalized_function
normalized_support_function
NOT_function
nuclear_response_function
number-theoretic_function
objective_function
odd_function
optimizing_control_function
orthogonal_function
orthonormal_function
parabolic_cylinder_function
partial_function
partial_recursive_function
particle_distribution_function
partition_function
Patterson_function
penalty_function
periodic_function
phase_function
piecewise-continuous_function
Planck_function
point_characteristic_function
point_function
Poisson_density_function
polynomial_function
positive_linear_functional
positive_real_function
power_function
predefined_function
principal_function
probability_density_function
probability_mass_function
programmed_function_key
proper_rational_function
propositional_function
psi_function
pulsed_transfer_function
quadratic_function
Rademacher_function
radial_distribution_function
radicofunctional_name
random_function
rational_function
Rayleigh's_dissipation_function
real-valued_function
recursive_function
regular_function
regulatory_control_function
restricted_function
Riccati-Bessel_function
Riemann_function
Riemann_P_function
Riemann_zeta_function
sample_function
scalar_function
scattering_function
Schrödinger_wave_function
self-dual_switching_function
self-organizing_function
sensitivity_function
separated-function_synchrotron
set_function
sharpness_function_technique
shear-viscosity_function
sigma_function
simple_function
simply_periodic_function
single-valued_function
sinusoidal_function
skewed_density_function
Smarandache_function
source_function
special_function
spectral_function
spherical_Bessel_function
staff_function
step_function
step-function_generator
Stokes_stream_function
stress_function
subadditive_function
subadditive_set_function
subfunction
subfunctional
subharmonic_function
subsine_function
summable_function
superadditive_function
superharmonic_function
support_function
switch_function
switching_function
symmetric_function
tapped-potentiometer_function_generator
test_function
tetrafunctional_molecule
thermionic_work_function
thermodynamic_function_of_state
theta_function
tool-function_controller
torsion_function
transcendental_function
transfer_function
transition_function
transmission_function
trigamma_function
trigonometric_cofunction
trigonometric_function
truth_function
Turing_computable_function
universal_transmission_function
universal_wavelength_function
upper_semicontinuous_function
user-defined_function
variable_diode_function_generator
vector_function
viscous_dissipation_function
wave_function
Wannier_function
Weierstrass_function
Weierstrassian_elliptic_function
weight_function
work_function
Translations
what something does or is used for
Afrikaans - funksie
Albanska - funksion
Arabiska - وظيفة
Katalanska - funció
Chinese:
: Mandarin - 功能|tr=gōngnéng|sc=Hani, - 機能|sc=Hani, - 机能|tr=jīnéng|sc=Hani
Kroatiska - funkcija
Tjeckiska - funkce, účel
Danska - funktion
Holländska - functie
Finska - tehtävä, tarkoitus
Franska - fonction
Galiciska - función
Georgian - ფუნქცია|tr=funqcia|sc=Geor
Tyska - Funktion, Funktionalität
Grekiska - λειτουργία
Hebrew - תפקיד|m|tr=tafkíd
Ungerska - funkció
Indonesiska - fungsi
Irländska - feidhm
Italienska - funzione
Japanese: 機能 (kinō)
Koreanska - 기능
Kurdish - کاروبار
Malaysiska - fungsi
Norska - funksjon
Polska - funkcja
Portugisiska - função
Ryska - функция
Spanska - función
Svenska - funktion, uppgift
Turkiska - fonksiyon, işlev
professional or official position
Katalanska - funció
Kroatiska - funkcija
Tjeckiska - funkce
Danska - funktion
Holländska - functie
Tyska - Funktion, Aufgabe
Hebrew - תפקיד|m|tr=tafkíd
Ungerska - funkció
Irländska - feidhm
Japanese: 職務 (shokumu)
Norska - post, stilling
Portugisiska - função
Ryska - функция
Svenska - förrättning, kall, syssla, åliggande,
official or social occasion
Finska - juhla, tilaisuus
Tyska - Funktion, Feier, Festveranstaltung
Hebrew - אירוע|m|tr=erúa
Italienska - cerimonia, funzione, ricevimento
Norska - tilstelling, tilstelning
Ryska - функция
Svenska - bjudning, tillställning
relation where one thing is dependent on another
Kroatiska - funkcija
Tjeckiska - funkce
Danska - funktion
Holländska - functie
Hebrew - פונקציה|f|tr=funktsiá
Italienska - funzione
Norska - funksjon
Portugisiska - função
Ryska - функция
Svenska - funktion
Tajik - тобеъ|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik
mathematics: many-to-one relation
Arabiska - وظيفة
Katalanska - funció
Chinese:
: Mandarin - 函數|sc=Hani, - 函数|tr=hánshù|sc=Hani
Kroatiska - funkcija
Tjeckiska - funkce
Danska - funktion
Holländska - functieHolländska - functie
Esperanto - funkcio|xs=Esperanto
Estniska - funktsioon
Finska - funktio
Franska - fonction
Tyska - Funktion
Grekiska - συνάρτηση
Hebrew - פונקציה|f|tr=funktsiá
Ungerska - függvény
Isländska - fall
Ido: funciono
Indonesiska - fungsi
Irländska - feidhm
Italienska - funzione
Japanese: 関数 (kansū)
Koreanska - 함수
Latin - functio|f|alt=fūnctiō
Middle French - fonction
Norska - funksjon
Old French - function
Polska - funkcja
Portugisiska - função
Rumänska - funcție
Ryska - функция
Spanska - función
Svenska - funktion
Thai: ฟังก์ชัน
Turkiska - fonksiyon
Ukrainian: ін'єкція
Urdu: عمل کام فعل
computing: routine that returns a result
Arabiska - وظيفة
Katalanska - funció
Chinese:
: Mandarin - 功能|tr=gōngnéng|sc=Hani, - 函數|sc=Hani, - 函数|tr=hánshù|sc=Hani
Kroatiska - funkcija
Tjeckiska - funkce
Danska - funktion
Holländska - functie
Finska - funktio
Franska - fonction
Tyska - Funktion
Hebrew - פונקציה|f|tr=funktsiá
Ungerska - függvény
Irländska - feidhm
Italienska - funzione
Japanese: 関数 (kansū)
Norska - funksjon
Polska - funkcja
Portugisiska - função
Ryska - функция
Svenska - funktion, subrutin
Turkiska - işlev, fonksiyon
biology: physiological activity of an organ or body part
Katalanska - funció
Chinese:
: Mandarin - 功能|tr=gōngnéng|sc=Hani
Kroatiska - funkcija
Tjeckiska - funkce
Holländska - functie
Franska - fonction
Tyska - Funktion, Zweck
Grekiska - λειτουργία
Irländska - feidhm
Italienska - funzione
Japanese: 機能 (kinō)
Norska - funksjon
Portugisiska - função
Ryska - функция
Spanska - función
Svenska - funktion
Turkiska - fonksiyon, işlev
chemistry: characteristic behavior of a chemical compound
Katalanska - funció
Kroatiska - funkcija
Holländska - functie
Tyska - Funktion
Italienska - funzione
Japanese: 機能 (kinō)
Ryska - функция
Svenska - funktion
ia : #Interlingua|function (1, 2, 3)
Verb
to have a function
to carry on a function; to be in action
Synonyms
to have a function officiate, serve
to carry on a function go, operate, run, work
Antonyms
to carry on a function malfunction
Related terms
functional
dysfunction, dysfunctional
Translations
to have a function
Danska - fungere
Holländska - fungeren, dienen
Finska - toimia
Tyska - fungieren
Hebrew - תפקד|tr=tifkéd
Hungarian: -ra/-re való, -ra/-re szolgál
Irländska - feidhmigh
Italienska - funzionare
Japanese: 作用する (sayō-suru), 動く (うごく, ugoku)
Portugisiska - funcionar
Svenska - fungera, tjänstgöra, uppträda, verka
to carry on a function
Armenian - գործել|tr=gorçel, - աշխատել|tr=ašxatel, - բանել|tr=banel
Katalanska - funcionar
Danska - fungere, virke
Holländska - functioneren
Esperanto - funkcii|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: käydä (olla käynnissä)
Franska - fonctionner
Tyska - funktionieren, arbeiten, wirken, - de|funzen
Hebrew - תפקד|tr=tifkéd, - פעל|tr=pa'ál
Ungerska - működik
Irländska - feidhmigh
Italienska - funzionare
Japanese: 機能する (kinō-suru)
Polish: działać
Rumänska - funcționa
Spanska - funcionar
Svenska - fungera, tjänstgöra
simple:function
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