functional
- adjective
- /ˈfʌŋkʃənl/
- Well, they seem to grow more stable, though not always more functional, as years go by.
- functional impairment
- functional limitations
- functional assessment
That's when you've built out all the, the structural and functional parts of the brain.
- That's when you've built out all the, the structural and functional parts of the brain.
- You're giving lots of examples, XIYI pairs and you you learn the functional mapping between them.
- What, if any, functional roles does garlic have in performance?
- So, so I would say walking, functional weight training and movement.
- They they attack the functional side, right.
- But but it's functional to be afraid sometimes, yes.
- So you basically have a functional Dr.
- And these are basically non functional connections between, between neural nodes.
- It is the cell signaling, functional molecules that tell our cells what to do.
Examples
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What, if any, functional roles does garlic have in performance?
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Thus, the proteins lose their functional activity and are said to be denatured.
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In other words, the cell is also the basic functional unit of life.
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So there are three potentially functional design features in these tools.
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And the nephron is the functional unit of the kidney.
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Are they merely vestigial or are they functional?
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Accordingly, designers focus on functional needs, changing the focus of data warehouses to market information.
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The human ankle-foot system is still far more complex and functional than existing commercially available prostheses.
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However, functional development of the mammary gland occurs during pregnancy.
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The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney, essential for filtering blood.
Synonyms
About the practical running of a system or process
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to see brain activity by measuring blood flow using a big machine with magnets
- Jargon
A group of people from different parts of a company who work together on one project
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A part of biology that studies what genes do and how they work together
A person who can read and write only a little and cannot fill in basic forms
A brain scan that shows brain activity by measuring changes in blood oxygen
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A logic system that uses symbols to show how statements relate, for example using words like 'all' or 'some'
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A condition that causes real symptoms without a clear physical cause
How Functional
- US
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Functional comes from the word function, meaning 'how something works', so when doctors or scientists call something functional they mean it is about the way it works, not its shape or parts.