functional
In good working order.
Adjective 4 meanings
In good working order.
Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function.
“That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.”
Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture.
“A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements.”
Of or relating to one's role or office; official.
“functional responsibilities”
Noun 3 meanings
A function that takes a function as its argument; more precisely, a function whose argument varies in a space of (real- or complex-valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space.
“An example of a functional is the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.”
A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).
Etymology
From function + -al.
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FUNCTIONAL at a glance
FUNCTIONAL has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (F 4 + U 1 + N 1 + C 3 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,673 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with functional
All rhymes- NATIONAL8
- INTERNATIONAL13
- FINAL8
- PERSONAL10
- ORIGINAL9
- PROFESSIONAL17
- ADDITIONAL12
- TRADITIONAL12
- JOURNAL14
- CRIMINAL12
- REGIONAL9
- EMOTIONAL11
One letter away
- JUNCTIONAL19
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