search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them |
search | an investigation seeking answers, a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing, the outcome justified the search |
search | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas, right of search |
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 |
search hunt hunting | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
search mission | a mission to discover something |
search and destroy mission | an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam, troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them |
air search radar | a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft |
surface search radar | a naval radar to search for surface targets |
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? |
freedom from search and seizure | a right guaranteed by the th amendment to the US Constitution |
right of search | the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them |
search | the examination of alternative hypotheses, his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful |
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 |
search warrant | a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court, the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search |
search engine | a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) |
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 |
command language query language search language | a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed |
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 |
search party | a party of people to search for someone |
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 |
search lookup | an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property, they wrote a program to do a table lookup |
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 |
research search explore | inquire into, the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project, He searched for information on his relatives on the web, Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness |
officiate function | perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function, His wife officiated as his private secretary |
search seek look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of, The police are searching for clues, They are searching for the missing man in the entire county |
search | subject to a search, The police searched the suspect, We searched the whole house for the missing keys |
strip-search | search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes, He was strip-searched at the airport |
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 |
search look | search or seek, We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest, Look elsewhere for the perfect gift! |
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 |