function
office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
absorptivity
absorption factor | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
function
purpose
role
use | what something is used for, the function of an auger is to bore holes, ballet is beautiful but what use is it? |
preoccupation
preoccupancy
absorption
engrossment | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
concentration
engrossment absorption immersion | complete attention, intense mental effort |
| self-absorption | preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else |
localization of function
localisation of function
localization principle
localisation principle
localization
localisation | (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body |
derived function
derivative
differential coefficient
differential
first derivative | the result of mathematical differentiation, the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another, df(x)
dx |
| sentential function | formal expression containing variables, becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants |
function word
closedlass word | a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning |
routine
subroutine
subprogram
procedure
function | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program |
| function call | a call that passes control to a subroutine, after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program |
characteristic curve
characterisic function | (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters |
affair
occasion social occasion
function
social function | a vaguely specified social event, the party was quite an affair, an occasion arranged to honor the president, a seemingly endless round of social functions |
| domain domain of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined |
image
range range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined, the image of f(x) x^ is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers |
| function | a formal or official social gathering or ceremony, it was a black-tie function |
| absorption band | a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths |
| absorption spectrum | the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths |
absorption
soaking up | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another, a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid |
| absorption | (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium, the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules |
| assimilation absorption | the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
| assimilation absorption | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
bodily process
body process
bodily function
activity | an organic process that takes place in the body, respiratory activity |
control operation
control function | an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data, a control operation started the data processing |
absorption coefficient
coefficient of absorption
absorptance | a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance, the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber, absorptance equals minus transmittance |
| absorption unit | a unit for measuring absorption |
| function | a relation such that one thing is dependent on another, height is a function of age, price is a function of supply and demand |
function
mathematical function
single-valued function
map
mapping | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
| inverse function | a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another, f and g are inverse functions if f(x)y and g(y)x |
metric function
metric | a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them |
trigonometric function
circular function | function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle |
| threshold function | a function that takes the value if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and
otherwise |
exponential
exponential function | a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent |
| absorption indicator | an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation |
officiate
function | perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function, His wife officiated as his private secretary |
function
work operate go
run | perform as expected when applied, The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in, Does this old car still run well?, This old radio doesn't work anymore |
| serve function c | serve a purpose, role, or function, The tree stump serves as a table, The female students served as a control group, This table would serve very well, His freedom served him well, The table functions as a desk |