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functional

functional

60 4.2
About how something works rather than its structure
  • adjective
  • /ˈfʌŋkʃənl/
translation icon : funcional
  • 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.

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Examples

  • What, if any, functional roles does garlic have in performance?

  • Thus, the proteins lose their functional activity and are said to be denatured.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In other words, the cell is also the basic functional unit of life.

  • So there are three potentially functional design features in these tools.

  • And the nephron is the functional unit of the kidney.

  • Are they merely vestigial or are they functional?

  • Accordingly, designers focus on functional needs, changing the focus of data warehouses to market information.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The human ankle-foot system is still far more complex and functional than existing commercially available prostheses.

    Academic text (1990)
  • However, functional development of the mammary gland occurs during pregnancy.

  • The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney, essential for filtering blood.

Synonyms

operational
vsfunctional
56 4.3

About the practical running of a system or process

focuses more on how something works rather than its physical form

Antonyms

structural
  • Specialized
101 4.2

The parts of a building or object that keep it strong and standing

Compounds

A way to see brain activity by measuring blood flow using a big machine with magnets

1 3.6

A group of people from different parts of a company who work together on one project

functional genomics
  • Specialized
1 6.2

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

functional anatomy
  • Specialized
5.0

Study of body parts and how their shapes help them work

functional calculus
  • Specialized
9.9

A logic system that uses symbols to show how statements relate, for example using words like 'all' or 'some'

functional disorder
  • Specialized
6.4

A condition that causes real symptoms without a clear physical cause

How Functional

operational
56 4.3
behavioral
  • US
165 3.9
functional
60 4.2
structural
  • Specialized
101 4.2
anatomical
18 6.2

Surface Forms

functional positive

Morphology

functional = function (transparent) = function + al

This is a straightforward adjective formed from 'function' with '-al', directly meaning 'relating to function or operation'.

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.