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 |
| temporal property | a property relating to time |
temporal arrangement
temporal order | arrangement of events in time |
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? |
temporal bone
os temporale | a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear |
| temporal canthus | the outer corner of the eye |
| temporal artery | any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe |
anterior temporal artery
arteria temporalis anterior | temporal artery that goes to the anterior part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe |
intermediate temporal artery
arteria temporalis intermedia | temporal artery that goes to the middle part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe |
posterior temporal artery
arteria temporalis posterior | temporal artery that supplies the posterior part of the cortex of the temporal lobe |
temporal vein
vena temporalis | any of several veins draining the temporal region |
| deep temporal vein | temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus |
| middle temporal vein | arises near the eye, joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein |
| superficial temporal vein | join the middle temporal vein to empty into the retromandibular vein |
| temporal gyrus | any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum |
temporal lobe
temporal ccortex | that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head |
temporalis muscle
temporal muscle
temporalis
musculus temporalis | muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible, acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws |
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 |
temporal role
temporal | the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb |
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 |
second estate
Lords Temporal | the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain |
| function | a formal or official social gathering or ceremony, it was a black-tie function |
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 |
| 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 |
| temporal relation | a relation involving time |
psychomotor epilepsy
temporal lobe epilepsy | epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode, often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations |
| temporal arteritis | inflammation of the temporal arteries, characterized by headaches and difficulty chewing and (sometimes) visual impairment |
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 |
| temporal | of this earth or world, temporal joys, our temporal existence |
| temporal | not eternal, temporal matters of but fleeting moment- F.D.Roosevelt |
worldly
secular temporal | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world, worldly goods and advancement, temporal possessions of the church |
| temporal | of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit), temporal bone |
| temporal | of or relating to or limited by time, temporal processing, temporal dimensions, temporal and spacial boundaries, music is a temporal art |