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Functional

Functional Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Functional? [adj] designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture" [adj] (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [adj] (pathology) involving or affecting function rather than physiology; "functional deafness" [adj] designed for or adapted to a function or use; "functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical"; "functional architecture" [adj] fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order" [adj] relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure; "the problem now is not a constitutional one; it is a functional one"; "delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Functional: functioning \| in working order(p) \| operable \| operational \| operative \| practical \| running(a) \| structural \| usable \| useable \| useful \| utilitarian \| working(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Functional: acting \| active \| adjectival \| advantageous \| adverbial \| agential \| agentival \| agentive \| appropriate \| at work \| attributive \| banausic \| behavioral \| beneficial \| commodious \| conjunctive \| copulative \| correct \| effective \| effectual \| efficacious \| efficient \| employable \| essential \| expedient \| fitting \| formal \| functioning \| glossematic \| go \| going \| going on \| good for \| grammatic \| handy \| helpful \| important \| in exercise \| in force \| in hand \| in operation \| in play \| in practice \| in process \| in the works \| inaction \| industrial \| intransitive \| linking \| managerial \| manipulational \| neuropsychiatric \| nominal \| of general utility \| of help \| of service \| of use \| official \| on foot \| on the fire \| ongoing \| operating \| operational \| operative \| participial \| performing \| postpositional \| practicable \| practical \| practicing \| pragmatical \| prepositional \| pro \| professional \| pronominal \| proper \| psychiatric \| psychobiological \| psychodynamic \| psychogenic \| psychological \| psychoneurological \| psychopathic \| psychopathological \| psychophysical \| psychophysiological \| psychosexual \| psychosocial \| psychosomatic \| psychotic \| running \| serviceable \| serving \| structural \| substantive \| syntactic \| tagmemic \| technical \| transitive \| useful \| utilitarian \| verbal \| vocational \| working See Also \| serviceable Functional In Webster's Dictionary \Func"tion*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official. 2. (Physiol.) Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general. {Functional disease} (Med.), a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

Functional Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Functional?

[adj] designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture"
[adj] (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
[adj] (pathology) involving or affecting function rather than physiology; "functional deafness"
[adj] designed for or adapted to a function or use; "functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical"; "functional architecture"
[adj] fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"
[adj] relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure; "the problem now is not a constitutional one; it is a functional one"; "delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis"

See Also | serviceable

Functional In Webster's Dictionary

\Func"tion*al\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty;
   official.

2. (Physiol.) Pertaining to the function of an organ or part,
   or to the functions in general.

{Functional disease} (Med.), a disease of which the symptoms
   cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of
   structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a
   cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to
   organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

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