Functional
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Generally, functional refers to something able to fulfill its purpose or function.
- Functional form and functionalism (architecture) apply to architectural design.
- Functional group in organic chemistry (for example, "This compound has two carbonyl functions").
- Functional (mathematics) is a term applied to certain scalar-valued functions in mathematics, computer science, and Lagrangian mechanics.
- Linear functional a type of functional often simply called a functional in the context of functional analysis.
- Functional model is a structured representation of the functions, activities or processes.
- Functional (ontology) refers to a property or relation in an ontology that can only hold a single value for a given individual.
- Functional programming is used in computer science as well.
- Functional symptom is sometimes used in medicine to describe symptoms that have no current visible organic basis, e.g. if they are a result of psychological or perceptual dysfunction. Historically, functional symptoms tend to be reclassified as organic as investigative techniques improve.
- Functional classification is a term used in the United States for class of road.
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