functional (B2)
adjective
Pronunciation: /ˈfʌŋkʃənəl/
Definition
Designed to be practical and useful, fulfilling its intended purpose.
Examples
The new software is much more functional than the previous version.
We need to ensure the emergency exits remain functional at all times.
Although it's an old building, most of the equipment is still functional.
How to Use functional
- functional programming (collocation)
- A programming paradigm that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids changing-state and mutable data. — "Many developers are adopting functional programming techniques for their clarity and efficiency."
- functional analysis (collocation)
- A branch of mathematics concerned with the study of vector spaces and the linear operators between them. — "Her doctoral research was in the field of functional analysis."
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