function

function has 16 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.
• n.. The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.
• n.. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind.
• n.. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
• n.. A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.
• v. i.. Alt. of Functionate
• n.. 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"
• n.. what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
• n.. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
• n.. 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"
• n.. a formal or official social gathering or ceremony; "it was a black-tie function"
• n.. a relation such that one thing is dependent on another; "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand"