function

(Anglais)

Noun

1. What something does or is used for.
2. A professional or official position.
3. An official or social occasion.
4. (slang) An official or social occasion.
5. Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
6. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
7. A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
8. A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
9. The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
10. The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
11. The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To have a function.
2. (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.

Opposé de

malfunction

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).

Concepts

fonction

fonctionner

mission

marcher

🚶

rôle

travail

emploi

service

tâche

office

fête

⛷️

servir

procédure

célébration

🎉

occasion

fonctionnement

opération

devoir

événement

officier

personnage

place

procédé

programme

projection

réception

régler

résultat

talent

tenir

unaire

usage

utilisation

utilité

entrer en jeu

étiquetage

festivités

Fonction

pensum

responsabilités

routine

sous-programme

rencontre sociale

operation

action

devoir officiel

activité

aller

application

auspices

Synonymes

work

operate

role

event

office

🏢

run

job

act

duty

post

use

operation

task

position

action

matter

go

purpose

perform

capacity

serve

part

officiate

activity

procedure

facility

ceremony

celebration

🎉

social occasion

effect

service

party

🥳

mission

mapping

festivities

attendance

assignment

affair

occurrence

occasion

subprogram

subroutine

talent

duties

play

ability

appointment

feature

application

official duty

Phrases

A classic example of a one-way function is multiplication of very large prime numbers .

Un exemple classique d'une fonction à sens unique est la multiplication de très grands nombres premiers.

Underground sprinklers function through means of basic electronic and hydraulic technology .

Les gicleurs souterrains fonctionnent au moyen d'une technologie électronique et hydraulique de base.

The USB device didn't function correctly .

Le périphérique USB ne fonctionnait pas correctement.

The initial Quicken software did not function as a " double-entry " accounting package .

Le logiciel Quicken initial ne fonctionnait pas comme un package comptable "à double entrée".

The coherence of two waves expresses how well correlated the waves are as quantified by the cross-correlation function .

La cohérence de deux ondes exprime la façon dont les ondes sont corrélées aussi corrélées par la fonction de corrélation croisée.