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function (s), functions (pl) (nouns)
1. An action or use for which something is suited or designed.
2. An activity or role assigned to someone or something: "The function of a lawyer is to advise a client of his legal rights."
3. A social gathering or ceremony; especially, a formal or official occasion: "There are many functions that the head of a state must attend."
4. A quality or characteristic that depends upon and varies with another quality.
5. The action or purpose performed by an organ, part, or substance of the body: "It is the function of the heart to pump blood through the body's system."
6. The characteristic action of a compound due to its composition or structure.
7. Etymology: from Middle French fonction, from Old French function, from Latin functio, functionis, "performance, execution"; from functus, past participle of fungi, "perform, execute, discharge".
This entry is located in the following units: funct-, fungi- (page 2) -tion (page 13)
function, functions; functioned; functioning (verbs)
To operate or to perform properly: "When a fuse breaks down, an electrical circuit stops functioning."

"A clock or watch functions as a means of keeping time."

"An overcoat functions as a way to keep warmer in cold weather."

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(Latin: suffix; quality of, act of, process, function, condition, or place; forms nouns that denote an action; a product of an action; a place, an abode)
(Latin: service, performing services; duty, receiver of duties; office, function; gift)
(Greek: an organized structure; pertaining to a specific bodily part with a specific function or set of functions; instrument, tool, implement)
Word Entries containing the term: “function
allomeric function
The co-ordinated activity of the lower brain stem and spinal cord when considered as a single functioning unit.
This entry is located in the following units: allo-, all- (page 6) funct-, fungi- (page 1)
arousal function
1. The capacity that a sensory stimulus possesses to induce a state of vigilance, awareness, or readiness in the cerebral cortex.
2. The induction of an activated electroencephalogram by a sensory stimulus.
This entry is located in the following unit: funct-, fungi- (page 1)
damage function
A description of the relation between changes in the climate and consequent reductions in economic activity, relative to the rate of activity that would be possible in an unaltered climate.
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delta function (s) (noun), delta functions (pl)
In mathematics, the Greek letter δ (lowercase) or Δ (uppercase); often used to represent a small distance or a small change in the value of a variable or function.
This entry is located in the following units: delta, delt-; Δ, δ (page 1) funct-, fungi- (page 1)
ego function
The work of the ego in perceiving reality, mediating between it and the person and adapting the person to reality.

Its tasks include perception, self-awareness, motor control, defencse mechanisms, replacement of the primary process of the id with the secondary process, memory, affects, thinking, thought synthesis, and creativity.

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electron wave function, electron-wave function
A function of the spin orientation and position of one or more electrons, specifying the dynamical state of the electrons.

The square of the function's modulus gives the probability per unit volume of finding electrons at a given position.

This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 54) funct-, fungi- (page 1)
electronic work function
1. The energy which is necessary to remove an electron with the Fermi energy in a solid to the energy level of an electron at rest in a vacuum outside the solid.
2. The energy required to raise an electron with the Fermi energy (average energy of electrons in a metal) in a solid to the energy level of an inactive electron in a vacuum outside the solid.

The term Fermi energy is named after Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), an Italian nuclear physicist and refers to the level in the distribution of electron energies in a solid at which a quantum state is equally likely to be occupied or empty.

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group function
The harmonious contacts of a group of teeth with their antagonists.
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influence function
A function describing the effect of individual observations on a statistic.
This entry is located in the following units: fluct-, flucti-, -flux, flu-, flum-, -fluent, -fluence (page 6) funct-, fungi- (page 3)
luminosity function (s) (noun), luminosity functions (pl)
A standard measure of the responses of the eyes to monochromatic (one color) light at various wavelengths: As part of her research, the ophthalmologist, Dr. Robinson, studied the changes in the luminosity functions of the eyes of her patients.
modulation transfer function
A measure of the efficiency of an imaging system in transferring the details of an object to those of the image.
This entry is located in the following units: funct-, fungi- (page 3) trans-, tran-, tra- (page 4)
psychological function
An ongoing behavior or mental activity that contributes to some adaptation of the organism as a whole to the conditions of its surroundings.

It is analogous to the physiologic function of an organ; such as, the secretion of thyroxin by the thyroid gland; therefore, learning and the operation of the sensory processes underlying distance perception are held to be psychological functions of the cerebral cortex

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work function
1. The minimum energy needed to remove an electron from the Fermi level (average energy of electrons) of a metal to infinity; usually expressed in electrovolts.
2. The energy difference between the Fermi level and vacuum zero.

The minimum amount of energy it takes to remove an electron from a substance into the vacuum.

The term Fermi refers to a unit of length, equal to 10-15 meters; used particularly in measuring nuclear distances.

This entry is located in the following unit: Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms + (page 24)