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Functional   /fˈəŋkʃənəl/   Listen
Functional

adjective
1.
Designed for or capable of a particular function or use.  "Functional architecture"
2.
Involving or affecting function rather than physiology.
3.
Relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure.  "Delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis"
4.
Fit or ready for use or service.  Synonyms: operable, operational, usable, useable.  "The lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable" , "An operational aircraft" , "The dishwasher is now in working order"
5.
Designed for or adapted to a function or use.  "Functional architecture"
6.
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing.  Synonyms: operative, running, working.  "A functional set of brakes"



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"Functional" Quotes from Famous Books



... fluctuating. I am, therefore, not prepared to accept this third causative factor without question. Nevertheless I am perfectly willing to admit that other factors besides cerebral hyperaemia and anaemia may produce the functional variety of headache. There would seem to be ample ground for ascribing great causative importance to excessive irritation of the brain plasma itself. Hence those forms of headache which while, being unaccompanied by any especial circulatory derangements, succeed, oftentimes, with relentless ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 • Various
... It was probably completed by 1881, at which time the board of supervisors was appropriating funds for new furnishings. The architecture of this newest office presented a mixture of three styles. In overall appearance, its square shape, hipped roof and functional design were reminiscent of the eighteenth century buildings of James Wren. The late nineteenth century's preference for exterior decoration was illustrated by a dentiled cornice, a belt of corbelling three courses wide in the brickwork below the cornice, and brick pilasters ...
— The Fairfax County Courthouse • Ross D. Netherton
... posterior division of the insect body: consists normally of nine or ten apparent segments, but actual number is a mooted question: bears no functional legs in the ...
— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith
... Coroner with functional gravity, 'for three inquests; three?—no, pardon me, for four inquests, and for at least one charge of ...
— The Dictator • Justin McCarthy
... completely modern, functional system of government at the national level, we in Washington will at last be able to provide government that ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Richard Nixon • Richard Nixon


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