multifunctionality
- noun
- /ˌmʌltiˌfʌŋkʃəˈnælɪti/
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multifuncionalidad
- The teacher appreciated the multifunctionality of the classroom, which could be easily rearranged for lectures, group work, or individual study.
- multifunctionality analysis
Examples
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Taken together, these two perspectives on evaluating multifunctionality suggest that a first step is to identify the functions performed, and the second is to consider how such processes interact in relation to others.
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The multifunctionality of the new smartphone allows it to serve as a camera, GPS, and music player all in one device.
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Multifunctionality assessments should include the functions afforded by infrastructure, built places, and social centers.
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A multifunctionality analysis of built environments within rural landscapes can deepen understanding of how contemporary rural places function.
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Selman argued that a multifunctionality approach ought to be applied to planning for all kinds of landscapes, from rural to urban (2009).
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While this paper is focused on the rural, the findings suggest that a multifunctionality analysis of socio-spatial institutions located in any isolated community may be an effective way to trace the relationships between values, functions, and built space.
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Multifunctionality has become a powerful concept in rural geography, landscape studies, and planning (Van Huylenbroeck and others 2007; Wilson 2010; Domon 2011).
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Multifunctionality assessments incorporate values, functions, services, and outputs, capturing the nuances of what makes rural areas distinct from one another (Wilson 2010).
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This article draws on a qualitative study of country stores in Vermont to argue that the concept of multifunctionality can be usefully extended to analyses of built places in order to deepen understanding of how contemporary rural places operate.
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Urban planners emphasize the multifunctionality of public parks, which provide recreational, social, and environmental benefits.
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Morphology
multifunctionality = multifunctional + multifunction (transparent) = multi + function + al + ity
The noun is transparently derived from the adjective 'multifunctional' with the standard abstract noun suffix '-ity', and the adjective itself is also compositional.
Etymology
Multifunctionality joins the part multi- meaning 'many' and the word function meaning 'use' or 'job'. So it literally means 'many uses', which helps you remember why a multifunctional tool or space can do several jobs at once.