function
Definitions
General English
- noun the work done by someone or something
General Science
- noun the use or purpose of something or how it works
- noun a sequence of computer program instructions in a main program that perform a specific task
- verb to operate or perform correctly
Accounting
- noun a mathematical formula, where a result is dependent upon several other numbers
Aviation
- verb to act as, or to serve the purpose of
Commerce
- noun a duty or job
Computing
- noun a sequence of computer program instructions in a main program that perform a certain task
- noun a special feature available on a computer or word-processor
Electronics
- That which a component, circuit, device, piece of equipment, or system is intended to do. Also, that which it does do.
- A mathematical expression in which a quantity depends one or more varying quantities. For example, the frequency response of an amplifier measures its behavior as a function of its input signal frequencies.
- Within a computer program, a small group of instructions which perform a given task. Also called subroutine (2), routine (1), or procedure (2).
- A function (3) which returns a value.
Medical
- noun the particular work done by an organ
- verb to work in a particular way
Politics
- noun an official ceremony
Travel
- noun a party, usually when a group of people gathers for a meal
Origin & History of “function”
The ultimate source of function is the Latin verb fungī ‘perform, discharge’, which may be related to Sanskrit bhunkte ‘he enjoys’. from its past participle, functus, was formed the abstract noun functiō ‘performance, activity’, which passed into English via Old French fonction. other English derivatives of fungī include defunct and perfunctory (16th c.), etymologically ‘done only to discharge an obligation’.
