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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Functional \Func"tion*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to or connected with a function or duty; official. 2. (Physiol.) Pertaining to the function of an organ or part or to the functions in general. {Functional disease} (Med.), a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause often unknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: functional adj 1: designed for or capable of a particular function or use "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture" [ant: {nonfunctional}] 2: (pathology) involving or affecting function rather than physiology; "functional deafness" [ant: {organic}] 3: relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure; "the problem now is not a constitutional one it is a functional one"; "delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis" 4: fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in wording order" [syn: {usable}, {useable}, {in working order(p)}, {operable}, {operational}] 5: designed for or adapted to a function or use "functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical"; "functional architecture" 6: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: {running(a)}, {operative}, {working(a)}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: functional 1. Working correctly. 2. Pertaining to {functional programming}. 3. {higher-order function}.
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