of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
capable of operating or functioning: When will the ventilating system be functional again?
having or serving a utilitarian purpose; capable of serving the purpose for which it was designed: functional architecture; a chair that is functional as well as decorative.
Also func·tion·al·is·tic.(of a building or furnishing) constructed or made according to the principles of functionalism or primarily as a direct fulfillment of a material need.
Medicine/Medical. without a known organic cause or structural change: a functional disorder.Compare organic (def. 5).
pertaining to an algebraic operation: a functional symbol.
Linguistics. (of linguistic analysis, language teaching, etc.) concerned with the communicative role of language rather than, in addition to, or as the framework for its formal structure.
noun
Mathematics. a function that has a domain whose elements are functions, sets, or the like, and that assumes numerical values.
It enabled customers to tap into these base services like encryption, workflow and metadata and build their own customizations or even fully functional applications by taking advantage of the tools that Box has already built.
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Instead, the researchers think elite controllers’ immune systems eliminated cells producing functional virus, leaving behind only broken copies of the virus and intact versions locked in heterochromatin.
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The collaboration with Dixon produced modular, multi-functional Delaktig sofa that was a shout-out to the burgeoning community of IKEA hackers who find ever more ingenious ways of reconfiguring standard IKEA products into completely novel pieces.
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Fabrika Hostel used to be a Soviet era sewing factory, which the group converted into a design-centric multi-functional space with one of the biggest hostels in the region.
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Maps that draw out functional connections between those cells.
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Essentially he is arguing that there are functional trade-offs in developmental biology.
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It can lead to all types of cosmetic and functional issues down the road which are difficult if not impossible to reverse.
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The captain tried to say all the cameras were functional except for the one in the cabin where the body was found.
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To be sure, Functional Medicine or related fields like Lifestyle Medicine may not have all the answers.
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Mark Hyman, MD, best-selling author, and current chair of the Institute of Functional Medicine, sees it as anything but quackery.
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Functional and structural troubles of the stomach are certainly very intimately associated.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
Subsequent changes have not improved upon the functional design of this classic suit.
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Occasionally the first sound is replaced by a functional murmur.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
Functional diseases are no more imaginary than an ungovernable temper or a balky horse is imaginary.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908|Various
Such a muscular folding in the mantle would be technically called a functional siphon.
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British Dictionary definitions for functional
functional
/ (ˈfʌŋkʃənəl) /
adjective
of, involving, or containing a function or functions
practical rather than decorative; utilitarianfunctional architecture
capable of functioning; working
medaffecting a function of an organ without structural change
psychol
relating to the purpose or context of a behaviour
denoting a psychosis such as schizophrenia assumed not to have a direct organic cause, like deterioration or poisoning of the brainCompare organic psychosis
noun
mathsa function whose domain is a set of functions and whose range is a set of functions or a set of numbers