Form vs. Function
Formnoun
To do with shape.
Formnoun
The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
Formnoun
A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
Formnoun
Characteristics not involving atomic components. en
Formnoun
(dated) A long bench with no back.
Formnoun
(fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
Formnoun
(crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
Formnoun
(social) To do with structure or procedure.
Formnoun
An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
Formnoun
Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
Formnoun
Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
Formnoun
Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
Formnoun
(archaic) A class or rank in society.
Formnoun
(UK) A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
Formnoun
A class or year of school pupils (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
Formnoun
A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
Formnoun
Level of performance.
Formnoun
(grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
Formnoun
The den or home of a hare.
Formnoun
A window or dialogue box.
Formnoun
Essentials
Formnoun
(taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
Formnoun
The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
Formnoun
(geometry) A quantic.
Formnoun
A specific way of performing a movement.
Formverb
(transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
Formverb
(transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
Formverb
(intransitive) To take shape.
Formverb
To put together or bring into being; assemble.
Formverb
To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
Formverb
(transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
Formverb
To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
Formverb
To provide (a hare) with a form.
Formverb
To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
Formnoun
The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance.
Formnoun
Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government.
Formnoun
Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.
Formnoun
Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form.
Formnoun
Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.
Formnoun
A shape; an image; a phantom.
Formnoun
That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.
Formnoun
A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.
Formnoun
The seat or bed of a hare.
Formnoun
The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
Formnoun
The boundary line of a material object. In (painting), more generally, the human body.
Formnoun
The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms.
Formnoun
The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
Formnoun
That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; - called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.
Formnoun
Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.
Formnoun
The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.
Formverb
To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion.
Formverb
To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by influence, etc.; to train.
Formverb
To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; - said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part.
Formverb
To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
Formverb
To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes.
Formverb
To treat (plates) so as to bring them to fit condition for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but now the plates or grids are coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
Formverb
To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column.
Formverb
To run to a form, as a hare.
Formnoun
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something;
Formnoun
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;
Formnoun
a perceptual structure;
Formnoun
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
Formnoun
alternative names for the body of a human being;
Formnoun
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance;
Formnoun
the visual appearance of something or someone;
Formnoun
(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary;
Formnoun
a printed document with spaces in which to write;
Formnoun
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;
Formnoun
an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse;
Formnoun
a particular mode in which something is manifested;
Formnoun
a body of students who are taught together;
Formnoun
an ability to perform well;
Formnoun
a life-size dummy used to display clothes
Formnoun
a mold for setting concrete;
Formverb
to compose or represent:
Formverb
create (as an entity);
Formverb
develop into a distinctive entity;
Formverb
give a shape or form to;
Formverb
make something, usually for a specific function;
Formverb
establish or impress firmly in the mind;
Formverb
give shape to;
Functionnoun
What something does or is used for.
Functionnoun
A professional or official position.
Functionnoun
An official or social occasion.
Functionnoun
A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
Functionnoun
(mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
Functionnoun
(computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
Functionnoun
(biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
Functionnoun
(chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
Functionnoun
(anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Functionverb
(intransitive) To have a function.
Functionverb
(intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
Functionnoun
The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; performance.
Functionnoun
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.
Functionnoun
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.
Functionnoun
The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
Functionnoun
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 x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.
Functionnoun
A religious ceremony, esp. one particularly impressive and elaborate.
Functionnoun
A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, esp. one somewhat formal.
Functionverb
To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
Functionnoun
a mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set
Functionnoun
what something is used for;
Functionnoun
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;
Functionnoun
a relation such that one thing is dependent on another;
Functionnoun
a formal or official social gathering or ceremony;
Functionnoun
a vaguely specified social event;
Functionnoun
a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Functionverb
perform as expected when applied;
Functionverb
serve a purpose, role, or function;
Functionverb
perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function;
Functionnoun
an activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing
Functionnoun
practical use or purpose in design
Functionnoun
a basic task of a computer, especially one that corresponds to a single instruction from the user.
Functionnoun
a relation or expression involving one or more variables
Functionnoun
a variable quantity regarded in relation to one or more other variables in terms of which it may be expressed or on which its value depends
Functionnoun
a functional group
Functionnoun
a thing dependent on another factor or factors
Functionnoun
a large or formal social event or ceremony
Functionverb
work or operate in a proper or particular way
Functionverb
fulfil the purpose or task of (a specified thing)
