functional Definition
func·tional (fuŋk′s̸hə nəl)
adjective
- of or relating to a function or functions
- performing or able to perform a function
- useful or intended to be useful
- Med. affecting a function of some organ without apparent structural or organic changes a functional disease
functional Related Forms
func′·tion·al′·ity (-nal′ə tē) noun
func′·tion·ally adverb
functional Synonyms
functional Usage Examples
Preposition: on
basis: It has developed to the point where it has definitely become functional on a regular basis.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
make: Project work is used to integrate material and make knowledge functional.
Modifies a noun
- genomics: A research program on rice functional genomics was started in 1997.
- imaging: Functional brain imaging has the potential to breach the privacy of a person's own thoughts.
- programming: Well, in Perl 6, functional programming just got a whole lot less wordy.
- neuroimaging: The most obvious factor responsible for the current explosion of knowledge is functional neuroimaging.
- classification: A controlled virus taxonomical and functional classification has been used for all the proteins and protein families in the database.
- specification: An item that warrants a functional specification should also be considered for selection.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: The explanations for cave use range from the purely functional to the purely esoteric.
- fully: They may also be used to make certain items on our website fully functional.
- highly: This company produce professionally designed highly functional websites from only £ 250.
- perfectly: You can make a perfectly functional website that lives inside your own computer.
- barely: Like much Soviet construction it looked unfinished and barely functional.
- strictly: The exhibition includes lighting from the strictly functional to the wildly ostentatious.
Used with adjective complement
- remain: Services have been carefully designed to ensure open systems remain fully functional, yet secure.
- become: The fetal kidneys become functional by the 11th week.
- create: I design and make felted fabric using natural fibers, and use the felt to create functional as well as decorative art pieces.
- provide: They show that it is possible to provide functional, well serviced office accomodation while maintaining social and enviromental considerations.
- call: This technique is called functional MRI ( or fMRI ).
- seem: So, I stayed just long enough to check that I and my rebreather seemed fully functional.
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