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==Pronunciation==
fuhngk-shuhn
==Noun==
1. the kind of [[action]] or activity proper to a [[person]], [[thing]], or institution; the [[purpose]] for which something is designed or exists; role.
2. any ceremonious [[public]] or social gathering or occasion.
3. a [[factor]] related to or dependent upon other factors: Price is a function of supply and demand.
4. [['''Mathematics''']].
:a. Also called correspondence, map, mapping, transformation. a relation between two sets in which one element of the second set is assigned to each element of the first set, as the expression y = x2; operator.
:b. Also called multiple-value function. a relation between two sets in which two or more elements of the second set are assigned to each element of the first set, as y2 = x2, which assigns to every x the two values y = +x and y = −x.
:c. a set of ordered pairs in which none of the first elements of the pairs appears twice.
5. [['''Geometry''']].
:a. a [[formula]] expressing a relation between the [[angles]] of a triangle and its sides, as sine or cosine.
:b. [[hyperbolic]] function.
6. [['''Grammar''']].
:a. the grammatical role a [[linguistic]] form has or the position it occupies in a particular construction.
:b. the grammatical roles or the positions of a linguistic form or form class collectively.
7. [['''Sociology''']]. the contribution made by a sociocultural phenomenon to an ongoing social system.
–verb (used without object)
8. to perform a specified action or activity; work; operate: The computer isn't functioning now. He rarely functions before noon.
9. to have or exercise a function; serve: In earlier [[English]] the present tense often functioned as a future. This orange crate can function as a chair.
==Origin==
1525–35; < L functiōn- (s. of functiō) a performance, execution, equiv. to funct(us) (ptp. of fungī) performed, executed + -iōn
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Pronunciation==
fuhngk-shuhn
==Noun==
1. the kind of [[action]] or activity proper to a [[person]], [[thing]], or institution; the [[purpose]] for which something is designed or exists; role.
2. any ceremonious [[public]] or social gathering or occasion.
3. a [[factor]] related to or dependent upon other factors: Price is a function of supply and demand.
4. [['''Mathematics''']].
:a. Also called correspondence, map, mapping, transformation. a relation between two sets in which one element of the second set is assigned to each element of the first set, as the expression y = x2; operator.
:b. Also called multiple-value function. a relation between two sets in which two or more elements of the second set are assigned to each element of the first set, as y2 = x2, which assigns to every x the two values y = +x and y = −x.
:c. a set of ordered pairs in which none of the first elements of the pairs appears twice.
5. [['''Geometry''']].
:a. a [[formula]] expressing a relation between the [[angles]] of a triangle and its sides, as sine or cosine.
:b. [[hyperbolic]] function.
6. [['''Grammar''']].
:a. the grammatical role a [[linguistic]] form has or the position it occupies in a particular construction.
:b. the grammatical roles or the positions of a linguistic form or form class collectively.
7. [['''Sociology''']]. the contribution made by a sociocultural phenomenon to an ongoing social system.
–verb (used without object)
8. to perform a specified action or activity; work; operate: The computer isn't functioning now. He rarely functions before noon.
9. to have or exercise a function; serve: In earlier [[English]] the present tense often functioned as a future. This orange crate can function as a chair.
==Origin==
1525–35; < L functiōn- (s. of functiō) a performance, execution, equiv. to funct(us) (ptp. of fungī) performed, executed + -iōn
[[Category: General Reference]]