English Dictionary: Funktionsberwachung | by the DICT Development Group |
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Famish \Fam"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Famished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Famishing}.] [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See {Famine}, and cf. {Affamish}.] 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. --Shak. 2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger. And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. --Cen. xli. 55. The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. --Dryden. 3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. And famish him of breath, if not of bread. --Milton. 4. To force or constrain by famine. He had famished Paris into a surrender. --Burke. | |
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Famosity \Fa*mos"i*ty\, n. [L. famositas infamy: cf. F. famosit[82]. See {Famous}.] The state or quality of being famous. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Famoused \Fa"moused\, a. Renowned. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Fancied \Fan"cied\, a. [From {Fancy}, v. t.] Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong. | |
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Fancy \Fan"cy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fancied}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Fancying}.] 1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof. If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. --Locke. 2. To love. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Fancy \Fan"cy\, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods. 2. Extravagant; above real value. This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. --Macaulay. {Fancy ball}, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. {Fancy fair}, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. {Fancy goods}, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. {Fancy line} (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. {Fancy roller} (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. {Fancy stocks}, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. {Fancy store}, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. {Fancy woods}, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc. | |
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Fanged \Fanged\, a. Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively. | |
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Fangot \Fan"got\, n. [Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. {Fagot}.] A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight. | |
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Faunist \Fau"nist\, n. One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist. --Gilbert White. | |
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Fence \Fence\, n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable. --Shak. A fence betwixt us and the victor's wrath. --Addison. 2. An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. --Milton. Note: In England a hedge, ditch, or wall, as well as a structure of boards, palings, or rails, is called a fence. 3. (Locks) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking. 4. Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See {Fencing}. Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzing fence. --Milton. Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence. --Macaulay. 5. A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received. [Slang] --Mayhew. {Fence month} (Forest Law), the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. --Bullokar. {Fence roof}, a covering for defense. [bd]They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof.[b8] --Holland. {Fence time}, the breeding time of fish or game, when they should not be killed. {Rail fence}, a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts. {Ring fence}, a fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure. {Worm fence}, a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; -- called also {snake fence}, or {Virginia rail fence}. {To be on the fence}, to be undecided or uncommitted in respect to two opposing parties or policies. [Colloq.] | |
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d8Fenestra \[d8]Fe*nes"tra\, n.; pl. {Fenestr[91]}. [L., a window.] (Anat.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear. | |
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Fenestral \Fe*nes"tral\, a. [L. fenestra a window.] 1. (Arch.) Pertaining to a window or to windows. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra. | |
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Fenestral \Fe*nes"tral\, n. (Arch.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass. --Weale. | |
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Fenestrate \Fe*nes"trate\, a. [L. fenestratus, p. p. of fenestrare to furnish with openings and windows.] 1. Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies. | |
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Fenestrated \Fe*nes"tra*ted\, a. 1. (Arch.) Having windows; characterized by windows. 2. Same as {Fenestrate}. | |
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Fenestration \Fen`es*tra"tion\, n. 1. (Arch.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions. 2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated. | |
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Fenestrule \Fe*nes"trule\, n. [L. fenestrula a little window, dim. of fenestra a window.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure. | |
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Fengite \Fen"gite\, n. (Min.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency. | |
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Finched \Finched\, a. Same as {Finchbacked}. | |
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Fine \Fine\, a. [Compar. {Finer}; superl. {Finest}.] [F. fin, LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See {Finish}, and cf. {Finite}.] 1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. --Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. --Felton. To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. --Leigh Hunt. 2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing. --M. Arnold. 3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope. The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. --Dryden. He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. --T. Gray. 4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as: (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous. The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser. --Bacon. (b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour. (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk. 5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine. 6. (Used ironically.) Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. --Shak. Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc. {Fine arch} (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. --Knight. {Fine arts}. See the Note under {Art}. {Fine cut}, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds. {Fine goods}, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. --McElrath. {Fine stuff}, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering. {To sail fine} (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible. Syn: {Fine}, {Beautiful}. Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no [bd]ordinary thing of its kind.[b8] It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence. | |
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Fine \Fine\, a. [Compar. {Finer}; superl. {Finest}.] [F. fin, LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See {Finish}, and cf. {Finite}.] 1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. --Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. --Felton. To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. --Leigh Hunt. 2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing. --M. Arnold. 3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope. The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. --Dryden. He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. --T. Gray. 4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as: (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous. The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser. --Bacon. (b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour. (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk. 5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine. 6. (Used ironically.) Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. --Shak. Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc. {Fine arch} (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. --Knight. {Fine arts}. See the Note under {Art}. {Fine cut}, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds. {Fine goods}, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. --McElrath. {Fine stuff}, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering. {To sail fine} (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible. Syn: {Fine}, {Beautiful}. Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no [bd]ordinary thing of its kind.[b8] It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence. | |
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Fine \Fine\, a. [Compar. {Finer}; superl. {Finest}.] [F. fin, LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See {Finish}, and cf. {Finite}.] 1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. --Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. --Felton. To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. --Leigh Hunt. 2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing. --M. Arnold. 3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope. The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. --Dryden. He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. --T. Gray. 4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as: (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous. The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser. --Bacon. (b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour. (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk. 5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine. 6. (Used ironically.) Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. --Shak. Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc. {Fine arch} (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. --Knight. {Fine arts}. See the Note under {Art}. {Fine cut}, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds. {Fine goods}, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. --McElrath. {Fine stuff}, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering. {To sail fine} (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible. Syn: {Fine}, {Beautiful}. Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no [bd]ordinary thing of its kind.[b8] It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence. | |
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Finesse \Fi*nesse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Finessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finessing}.] 1. To use artifice or stratagem. --Goldsmith. 2. (Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play. | |
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Fine \Fine\, a. [Compar. {Finer}; superl. {Finest}.] [F. fin, LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See {Finish}, and cf. {Finite}.] 1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. --Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. --Felton. To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. --Leigh Hunt. 2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing. --M. Arnold. 3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope. The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. --Dryden. He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. --T. Gray. 4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as: (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous. The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser. --Bacon. (b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour. (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk. 5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine. 6. (Used ironically.) Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. --Shak. Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc. {Fine arch} (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. --Knight. {Fine arts}. See the Note under {Art}. {Fine cut}, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds. {Fine goods}, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. --McElrath. {Fine stuff}, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering. {To sail fine} (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible. Syn: {Fine}, {Beautiful}. Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no [bd]ordinary thing of its kind.[b8] It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence. | |
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Finestill \Fine"still`\, v. t. To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation. | |
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Finestiller \Fine"still`er\, n. One who finestills. | |
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Finished \Fin"ished\, a. Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education. {Finished work} (Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed. | |
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Finish \Fin"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Finishing}.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several forms, whence E. -ish: see -ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin findere to cleave, E. fissure.] 1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate. And heroically hath finished A life heroic. --Milton. 2. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish. Syn: To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect. | |
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Finished \Fin"ished\, a. Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education. {Finished work} (Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed. | |
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Fumigate \Fu"mi*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fumigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fumigating}.] [L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See {Fume}, n.] 1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors. 2. To smoke; to perfume. --Dryden. | |
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Fumigate \Fu"mi*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fumigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fumigating}.] [L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See {Fume}, n.] 1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors. 2. To smoke; to perfume. --Dryden. | |
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Fumigate \Fu"mi*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fumigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fumigating}.] [L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See {Fume}, n.] 1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors. 2. To smoke; to perfume. --Dryden. | |
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Fumigation \Fum`iga"tion\, n. [Cf. F. fumigation.] 1. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection. 2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating. | |
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Fumigator \Fu"mi*ga`tor\, n. One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus for fumigating. | |
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Fumigatory \Fu"mi*ga*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. fumigatoire.] Having the quality of purifying by smoke. [R.] | |
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Fumosity \Fu*mos"i*ty\, n. [Cf. OF. fumosit[82].] The fumes of drink. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Function \Func"tion\, n. 1. (Eccl.) A religious ceremony, esp. one particularly impressive and elaborate. Every solemn [lsquo]function' performed with the requirements of the liturgy. --Card. Wiseman. 2. A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, esp. one somewhat formal. This function, which is our chief social event. --W. D. Howells. | |
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Fluent \Flu"ent\, n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the {function} or {integral}. | |
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Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public calling.[b8] --Swift. 2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. 3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope. 4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. --Macaulay. 5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental function. {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}. {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}. {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions} (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits. {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}. {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit function of x. {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function} (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x. See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Function \Func"tion\, Functionate \Func"tion*ate\, v. i. To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Function \Func"tion\, n. 1. (Eccl.) A religious ceremony, esp. one particularly impressive and elaborate. Every solemn [lsquo]function' performed with the requirements of the liturgy. --Card. Wiseman. 2. A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, esp. one somewhat formal. This function, which is our chief social event. --W. D. Howells. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fluent \Flu"ent\, n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the {function} or {integral}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public calling.[b8] --Swift. 2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. 3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope. 4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. --Macaulay. 5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental function. {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}. {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}. {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions} (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits. {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}. {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit function of x. {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function} (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x. See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Function \Func"tion\, Functionate \Func"tion*ate\, v. i. To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Function \Func"tion\, n. 1. (Eccl.) A religious ceremony, esp. one particularly impressive and elaborate. Every solemn [lsquo]function' performed with the requirements of the liturgy. --Card. Wiseman. 2. A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, esp. one somewhat formal. This function, which is our chief social event. --W. D. Howells. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fluent \Flu"ent\, n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the {function} or {integral}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public calling.[b8] --Swift. 2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. 3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope. 4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. --Macaulay. 5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental function. {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}. {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}. {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions} (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits. {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}. {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit function of x. {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function} (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x. See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Function \Func"tion\, Functionate \Func"tion*ate\, v. i. To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business. | |
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 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Functionalize \Func"tion*al*ize\, v. t. To assign to some function or office. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Functionally \Func"tion*al*ly\, adv. In a functional manner; as regards normal or appropriate activity. The organ is said to be functionally disordered. --Lawrence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Functionary \Func"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Functionaries}. [Cf. F. fonctionnaire.] One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Functionary \Func"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Functionaries}. [Cf. F. fonctionnaire.] One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Function \Func"tion\, Functionate \Func"tion*ate\, v. i. To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Functionless \Func"tion*less\, a. Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Funest \Fu*nest"\, a. [L. funestus, fr. funus a funeral, destruction: cf. F. funeste.] Lamentable; doleful. [R.] [bd]Funest and direful deaths.[b8] --Coleridge. A forerunner of something very funest. --Evelyn. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fungate \Fun"gate\, n. [Cf. F. fongate.] (Chem.) A salt of fungic acid. [Formerly written also {fungiate}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fungate \Fun"gate\, n. [Cf. F. fongate.] (Chem.) A salt of fungic acid. [Formerly written also {fungiate}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fungite \Fun"gite\, n. [L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. pongite.] (Paleon.) A fossil coral resembling Fungia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fungoid \Fun"goid\, a. [Fungus + -oil: cf. F. fongo[8b]de.] Like a fungus; fungous; spongy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Funny \Fun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Funnier}; superl. {Funniest}.] [From {Fun}.] Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. {Funny bone}. See {crazy bone}, under {Crazy}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Faunsdale, AL (town, FIPS 25816) Location: 32.45909 N, 87.59325 W Population (1990): 96 (40 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36738 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Funkstown, MD (town, FIPS 31100) Location: 39.60830 N, 77.70804 W Population (1990): 1136 (499 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Funston, GA (town, FIPS 31684) Location: 31.20022 N, 83.87326 W Population (1990): 248 (105 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
functino n. [uncommon, U.K.; originally a serendipitous typo in 1994] A pointer to a function in C and C++. By association with sub-atomic particles such as the neutrino, it accurately conveys an impression of smallness (one pointer is four bytes on most systems) and speed (hackers can and do use arrays of functinos to replace a switch() statement). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
function 1. (the domain and codomain) then a function f from D to C, normally written "f : D -> C" is a subset of D x C such that: 1. For each d in D there exists some c in C such that (d,c) is an element of f. I.e. the function is defined for every element of D. 2. For each d in D, c1 and c2 in C, if both (d,c1) and (d,c2) are elements of f then c1 = c2. I.e. the function is uniquely defined for every element of D. See also {image}, {inverse}, {partial function}. 2. term but is much less strict. In programming (except in {functional programming}), a function may return different values each time it is called with the same argument values and may have {side effects}. A {procedure} is a function which returns no value but has only {side-effects}. The {C} language, for example, has no procedures, only functions. {ANSI C} even defines a {type}, {void}, for the result of a function that has no result. (1996-09-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
function application A {function} applied to (some of) its {argument}s. If it is not applied to all its argument then it is a "{partial application}". Application is usually written in the form f(x) but some languages such as command-line interpreters and many {functional language}s use {juxtaposition}: f x. {Lisp} places the parentheses around the whole application: (f x). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
function complete that each {function} described by the software's {functional specification} can be reached by at least one {functional path}, and attempts to operate as specified. (1999-04-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Function Graph Language (FGL) Used as the machine language for the AMPS (Applicative Multi-Processing System) proposed by Robert Keller, Gary Lindstrom and Suhas Patil at the University of Utah. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
function key Keys (PF keys)) One of a set of special keys on a computer or {terminal} keyboard which can be programmed so as to cause an {application program} to perform certain actions. Function keys on a terminal may either generate short fixed sequences of characters, often beginning with the {escape} character ({ASCII} 27), or the characters they generate may be configured by sending special character sequences to the terminal. On a {microcomputer} keyboard, the function keys may generate a fixed, single byte code, outside the normal {ASCII} range, which is translated into some other configurable sequence by the keyboard {device driver} or interpreted directly by the {application program}. (1995-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Function Point Analysis and complexity of a software system, originally developed by Alan Albrecht of {IBM} in the late 1970s. Functon points (FPs) can be used to estimate the relative size and complexity of software in the early stages of development - analysis and design. The size is determined by identifying the components of the system as seen by the end-user: the inputs, outputs, inquiries, interfaces to other systems, and logical internal files. The components are classified as simple, average, or complex. All of these values are then scored and the total is expressed in Unadjusted FPs (UFPs). Complexity factors described by 14 general systems characteristics, such as reusability, performance, and complexity of processing can be used to weight the UFP. Factors are also weighted on a scale of 0 - not present, 1 - minor influence, to 5 - strong influence. The result of these computations is a number that correlates to system size. Although the FP metric doesn't correspond to any actual physical attribute of a software system (such as {lines of code} or the number of subroutines) it is useful as a relative measure for comparing projects, measuring productivity, and estimating the amount a development effort and time needed for a project. See also {International Function Point Users Group}. (1996-05-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional 1. Working correctly. 2. Pertaining to {functional programming}. 3. {higher-order function}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional database language} as its {query language}. Databases would seem to be an inappropriate application for functional languages since, a {purely functional language} would have to return a new copy of the entire database every time (part of) it was updated. To be practically {scalable}, the update mechanism must clearly be {destructive} rather than functional; however it is quite feasible for the {query language} to be purely functional so long as the database is considered as an argument. One approach to the update problem would use a {monad} to encapsulate database access and ensure it was {single threaded}. Alternative approaches have been suggested by Trinder, who suggests non-destructive updating with shared data structures, and Sutton who uses a variant of a Phil Wadler's {linear type} system. There are two main classes of functional database languages. The first is based upon {Backus}' {FP} language, of which {FQL} is probably the best known example. {Adaplan} is a more recent language which falls into this category. More recently, people have been working on languages which are syntactically very similar to modern {functional programming language}s, but which also provide all of the features of a database language, e.g. bulk data structures which can be incrementally updated, type systems which can be incrementally updated, and all data persisting in a database. Examples are {PFL} [Poulovassilis&Small, VLDB-91], and {Machiavelli} [Ohori et al, ACM SIGMOD Conference, 1998]. {Query optimisation} is very important for database languages in general and the {referential transparency} of functional languages allows optimisations which would be harder to verify in presence of {side-effect}s. [Trinder, P., "Referentially transparent database languages", 1989 Glasgow Workshop on Functional programming] [Breazu-Tannen et al., DBPL-91]. [Poulovassilis, VLDB-94]. (1995-05-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional dependency attribute Y of R is functionally dependent on attribute X of R and X of R functionally determines Y of R (in symbols R.X -> R.Y) if and only if each X in R has associated with it precisely one Y in R (at any one time). Attributes X and Y may be {composite}. This is very close to a {function} in the mathematical sense. (1997-09-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional language programming}. (1995-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional program approach or written in a {functional language}. (1995-11-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional programming of a set of (possibly {recursive}) {function} definitions and an expression whose value is output as the program's result. Functional languages are one kind of {declarative language}. They are mostly based on the {typed lambda-calculus} with constants. There are no {side-effects} to expression evaluation so an expression, e.g. a function applied to certain arguments, will always evaluate to the same value (if its evaluation terminates). Furthermore, an expression can always be replaced by its value without changing the overall result ({referential transparency}). The order of evaluation of subexpressions is determined by the language's {evaluation strategy}. In a {strict} ({call-by-value}) language this will specify that arguments are evaluated before applying a function whereas in a non-strict ({call-by-name}) language arguments are passed unevaluated. Programs written in a functional language are generally compact and elegant, but have tended, until recently, to run slowly and require a lot of memory. Examples of purely functional languages are {Clean}, {FP}, {Haskell}, {Hope}, {Joy}, {LML}, {Miranda}, and {SML}. Many other languages such as {Lisp} have a subset which is purely functional but also contain non-functional constructs. See also {lazy evaluation}, {reduction}. {Lecture notes (ftp://ftp.cs.olemiss.edu/pub/tech-reports/umcis-1995-01.ps)}. or the same {in dvi-format (ftp://ftp.cs.olemiss.edu/pub/tech-reports/umcis-1995-01.dvi)}. {FAQ (http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/gmh/faq.html)}. {SEL-HPC Article Archive (http://www.lpac.ac.uk/SEL-HPC/Articles/)}. (2003-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional programming language programming}. (1995-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional requirements functions it should perform. This term is used at both the {user requirements} analysis and {software requirements} specifications phases in the {software life-cycle}. An example of a non-functional requirement is an initialisation sequence incorporated into the software that is specific to a given customer. (2001-05-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional specification piece of {software}) does or should do (but not how it should do it). The functional specification is one of the inputs to the {design} process. See {IEEE}/{ANSI} Std. 610.12-1990. (1999-04-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional testing application of test data derived from the specified functional requirements without regard to the final program structure. (1996-05-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functional unit A subsystem of the {central processing unit} of a computer. E.g. {arithmetic and logic unit}, {memory address register}, {barrel shifter}, {register file}. (1995-02-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functionality capabilities or behaviours of a program, part of a program, or system, seen as the sum of its {features}. Roughly, "the things it can do". Generally used in a comparative sense, e.g. "The latest update adds some useful functionality". (1997-07-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
functor In {category theory}, a functor F is an operator on types. F is also considered to be a {polymorphic} operator on functions with the type F : (a -> b) -> (F a -> F b). Functors are a generalisation of the function "{map}". The type operator in this case takes a type T and returns type "list of T". The map function takes a function and applies it to each element of a list. (1995-02-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Fenced cities There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of one or two walls, on which were towers or parapets at regular intervals (2 Chr. 32:5; Jer. 31:38). Around ancient Jerusalem were three walls, on one of which were ninety towers, on the second fourteen, and on the third sixty. The tower of Hananeel, near the north-east corner of the city wall, is frequently referred to (Neh. 3:1; 12:39; Zech. 14:10). The gateways of such cities were also fortified (Neh. 2:8; 3:3, 6; Judg. 16:2, 3; 1 Sam. 23:7). The Hebrews found many fenced cities when they entered the Promised Land (Num. 13:28; 32:17, 34-42; Josh. 11:12, 13; Judg. 1:27-33), and we may estimate the strength of some of these cities from the fact that they were long held in possession by the Canaanites. The Jebusites, e.g., were enabled to hold possession of Jerusalem till the time of David (2 Sam. 5:6, 7; 1 Chr. 11:5). Several of the kings of Israel and Judah distinguished themselves as fortifiers or "builders" of cities. |