function

(Inglés)

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.

Oposto a

malfunction

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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”).

Sinónimos

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

Frases

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

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

The USB device didn't function correctly .

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

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