Function vs. Operation
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)
Operationnoun
The method by which a device performs its function.
Operationnoun
The method or practice by which actions are done.
Operationnoun
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
Operationnoun
A planned undertaking.
Operationnoun
A business or organization.
Operationnoun
(medicine) A surgical procedure.
Operationnoun
a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
Operationnoun
(military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)
Operationnoun
(obsolete) Effect produced; influence.
Operationnoun
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
Operationnoun
The method of working; mode of action.
Operationnoun
That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
Operationnoun
Effect produced; influence.
Operationnoun
Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities or mathematical objects, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
Operationnoun
Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.
Operationnoun
a business especially one run on a large scale;
Operationnoun
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions;
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a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;
Operationnoun
the state of being in effect or being operative;
Operationnoun
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body;
Operationnoun
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign);
Operationnoun
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction);
Operationnoun
process or manner of functioning or operating;
Operationnoun
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods;
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
Operationnoun
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.);
