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1) действовать 2) зависимость 3) назначение 4) роль 5) функционировать 6) функция a posterior risk function — функция апостериорного риска absolutely integrable function — абсолютно интегрируемая функция algebraically definable function — алгебраически определимая функция almost everywhere defined function — почти всюду определенная функция almost separably-valued function — почти сепарабельнозначная функция analytically extended function — аналитически продолженная функция approximately differentiable function — аппроксимативно дифференцируемая функция asymptotical distribution function — асимптотическая функция распределения be an explicit function of — зависеть явно bounded below function — ограниченная снизу функция cellwise continuous function — клеточно непрерывная функция comparison comparative function — функция сравнения completely computable function — вполне вычислимая функция completely subadditive function — вполне субаддитивная функция conditional power function — условная функция мощности (критерия) contrast transfer function — оптика характеристика частотно-контрастная countably valued function — счетнозначная функция cyclically monotone function — циклически монотонная функция define function implicitlyзадавать функцию неявно distribution function analyzerанализатор функции распределения doubly orthogonal function — дважды ортогональная функция effectively decidable function — эффективно разрешимая функция elliptic cylinder function — функция эллиптического цилиндра, функция Матье entire function of mean of normal type — целая функция конечного нормального типа essentially bounded function — существенно ограниченная функция everywhere continuous function — всюду непрерывная функция explicitly definable function — явно определенная функция exponentially vanishing function — экспоненциально обращающаяся в нуль функция finitely measurable function — конечно измеримая функция fully closed function — вполне замкнутая функция function of appropriate behavior — регулярная функция function of exponential type — функция экспоненциального показательного типа function of infinite type — функция бесконечного максимального типа function of mixed variables — функция смешанных переменных function of random variable — функция случайной величины function of several variables — функция нескольких переменных function with angular limit — функция с угловым пределом genus of an entire function — род целой функции germ of meromorphic function — росток мероморфной функции hyperelliptic function fieldполе гиперэллиптических функций incomplete dibeta function — неполная дибета-функция inductively definable function — индуктивно определяемая функция infinitely many-valued function — бесконечно-значная функция inverse hyperbolic function — геом. ареафункция joint correlation function — взаимная корреляционная функция linear function generatorгенератор линейной функции locally bounded function — локально ограниченная функция locally negligible function — локально пренебрежимо малая функция logarithmically concave function — логарифмически вогнутая функция logical addition function — функция логического сложения main function symbolглавный функциональный символ monomially alternating function — мономиально знакопеременная функция multiply harmonic function — кратно-гармоническая функция n-times differentiable function — n-кратно дифференцируемая имеющая производные до n-го порядка функция nonanticipative random function — неупреждающая случайная функция normalization of wave function — нормировка волновой функции nowhere monotonic function — нигде не монотонная функция oblate spheroidal function — функция сжатого сфероида order of elliptic function — порядок эллиптической функции parametrically definable function — параметрически определимая функция partially symmetric function — частично симметрическая функция piecewise conTINUOUS FUNCTION — КУСОЧНО НЕПРЕРЫВНАЯ ФУНКЦИЯ piecewise monotonic function — кусочно монотонная функция point spread function — оптика функция аппаратная, оптика функция рассеяния точки pole of analytic function — полюс аналитической функции positive homogeneous function — положительно однородная функция potentially recursive function — потенциально рекурсивная функция probability density function — матем. плотность вероятности, плотность распределения quadratically summable function — суммируемая с квадратом функция randomized decision function — рандомизированная решающая функция rapidly oscillatory function — функция интенсивных колебаний recursively calculable function — рекурсивно вычислимая функция recursively divergent function — рекурсивно расходящаяся функция relief of analytical function — рельеф аналитической функции residue of analytic function — вычет аналитической функции scalarwise integrable function — скалярно интегрируемая функция sequentially continuous function — последовательно непрерывная функция singly recursive function — однократно рекурсивная примитивно рекурсивная функция slowly varying function — медленно изменяющаяся функция spectral density function — спектральное разложение state transition function — функция переходов stopped random function — остановленная случайная функция strictly integrable function — строго интегрируемая функция strongly integrable function — сильно интегрируемая функция table of values of function — таблица значений функции totally multiplicative function — вполне мультипликативная функция triangle triangular function — функция треугольника unconditionally summable function — безусловно суммируемая функция uniformly definable function — равномерно определимая функция uniformly measurable function — равномерно измеримая функция unitary divisor function — функция унитарного делителя values omitted by univalent function — значения, не принимаемые однолистной функцией weakly differentiable function — слабо дифференцируемая функция - Abelian function - Appell function - Bassel-Wilkin function - Gibbs function - Green's function - Herglotz function - Lauricella function - Pearcey function - abstract function - accuracy function - acidity function - acyclic function - advanced function - affect function - affine function - algebraic function - algebroid function - almost bounded function - alpha function - alternating function - ambiguity function - ambiguous function - amplitude function - analytic function - angle function - antianalytic function - antiholomorphic function - antihyperbolic function - antilinear function - antiperiodic function - antisymmetric function - antitone function - antitrigonometric function - aperiodic function - approximation to function - arbitrary function - arc-hyperbolic function - arc-trigonometric function - arcus function - area function - argument of function - arithmetical function - associated function - assumed function - asymmetric function - asymptotic function - atomic function - attainability function - autocovariance function - automorphic function - auxiliary function - averaged function - averaging function - balayage function - barrier function - basis function - behavior of function - behavioral function - belief function - beta binomial function - beta function - biadditive function - biaffine function - bias function - bicomplex function - bicubic function - biharmonic function - biinvariant function - bijective function - bilinear function - bimodal function - bimultiplicative function - binding function - binomial distribution function - binonlinear function - biregular function - biunique function - bivariate function - boundary characteristic function - boundary function - bounded function - bracket function - branch of function - bROAD FUNCTION - broken-line function - built-in function - bulb function - bump function - calculable function - canonical function - capacity function - carpeting function - carrier function - casino function - causal function - centering function - certain function - chain function - chance function - characteristic function - chi-square function - choice function - chord function - chromatic function - class function - closed function - closure of function - cluster function - clutching function - codimension function - codomain of function - coefficient function - coercive function - cofinite function - coherence function - collapsing function - collate function - color function - combinatorial function - combined function - commutator function - compact function - compact-valued function - complementary function - complex-valued function - complicated function - component function - composite function - computable function - concave function - concave-convex function - concentrated function - concentration function - concordant function - cone function - confluent function - congruence function - conical function - conjugate function - connecting function - consistent function - constant-preserving function - constrained function - constraint function - constructive function - consumption function - content function - contiguous function - continuous function - continuum function - contracting function - contraction function - control function - convergence of function - convergent function - converse function - convex-concave function - coordinate function - correction function - cosecant function - cosine function - cospectral function - cost function - cosuperharmonic function - cotangent function - counting function - course-of-value function - cramp function - created function - creating function - criterion function - critical function - cross-covariance function - cross-variance function - crosscorrelation function - cumulant function - cup function - curvilinear function - cuspidal function - cyclometric function - cylinder function - damped function - decay function - decoding function - decomposable function - decomposing function - decreasing function - deficient function - degenerate function - delta function - denumerably-valued function - dependence function - depletion function - derivative of function - derived function - descriptive function - design function - determinate function - diagonal function - diagonalization function - dibeta function - difference function - differential function - digamma function - dilogarithmic function - dimensional function - dimensionless function - directing function - discontinuous function - discrete function - discriminant function - disjoined function - dispersion function - dissipative function - distance function - disturbing function - ditonic function - divergent function - diversity of function - divisor function - divisor of function - dominant function - donor function - double-spectral function - double-valued function - dual function - dyadic function - effective function - effectiveness function - efficiency function - ellipsoidal function - elliptic function - empirical function - empty function - encoding function - endogeneous function - entropy function - enumerating function - enumeration function - enumerative function - envelope function - epigraph of function - equal-ripple function - equibounded function - equilibrium function - equivalence function - ergodic function - estimable function - estimating function - excessive function - excitation function - exhaustion function - expansion function - expansive function - expECTATION FUNCTION - expenditure function - explicit function - exponential function - extendable function - extended function - extension of function - extensional function - exterior function - extremal function - extremized function - extremum function - extremum of function - factor function - factorable function - factored function - factorial function - fatigue function - featureless function - field function - filter function - filtration function - finitary function - finite-dimensional function - finite-path function - fitted function - flat function - flow function - force function - forcing function - forecast function - fractional function - frequency function - full function - function of function - function of intervals - function of matrix - function of phase - function of position - function of set - function of singularities - function of state - function of support - function of time - function of transition - fundamental function - fuzzy function - gage function - gage-like function - game function - general function - generalized function - generating function - generic function - given function - goniometric function - grammatical function - graph-valued function - greatest-integer function - group function - group-reduction function - growth function - halo function - harmonizable function - hash function - hashing function - height-gain function - hemicylindrical function - heuristic function - higher function - homogeneous function - homographic function - homology function - homotopic function - hyperanalytic function - hyperarithmetical function - hypercomplex function - hyperelliptic function - hypergeometric function - hyperharmonic function - hyperrank function - hyperspherical function - hypertranscendental function - hypoanalytic function - ideal function - imaginary function - implicit function - improper function - impulse function - inclusion function - inclusive function - increasing function - increment function - increment of function - indecomposable function - indefinite function - index function - index of function - indicator function - indicial function - individual function - induced function - inductive function - infinite function - infinitesimal function - influence function - information function - information-packing function - inhibit function - initial function - injective function - inner function - input function - insolvency function - integrable function - integral function - integrating function - intensity function - interior function - intermediary function - interpolating function - interpolatory function - interval function - inverse function - invertible function - irrational function - irreducible function - irregular function - isotone function - iterated function - jump function - kernel function - kinked function - knapsack function - lacunary function - lambda function - lattice function - left-continuous function - left-invariant function - left-invertible function - lemniscate function - lexical function - lifting function - likelihood function - limit of function - limitable function - limiting function - linearized function - local function - log-likelihood function - logarithmico-exponential function - logical function - logistic function - loss function - loss-of-utility function - lower function - majority function - majorizing function - many-valued function - mapping function - mathematical function - matrix function - matrix-convex function - maximal function - mean of function - mean-value function - measurable function - measure function - measure-limited function - member function - membership function - meromorphic function - MESH FUNCTION - metaharmonic function - metapragmatic function - metasemantic function - metaspherical function - minimal function - minimizing function - minimum function - minorant function - minority function - mixing function - modified function - modular function - molecular set function - moment-generating function - monochromatic function - monodromic function - monogenic function - monomial function - monotone function - monotonic function - multiaffine function - multiconstrained function - multidimensional function - multiextremal function - multilinear function - multiplace function - multiple-valued function - multiplicity function - multiplier function - multithreshold function - multivalent function - multivalued function - multivariable function - multivariant function - n-ary function - n-linear function - n-metacaloric function - n-place function - n-point function - negligible function - never-decreasing function - never-increasing function - next-state function - nice function - noise function - nomographic function - non-decreasing function - nonanalytic function - nonatomic function - nonbounded function - noncomputable function - nonconstant function - nondecreasing function - nondegenerate function - nondifferentiable function - nonelementary function - nonharmonizable function - nonincreasing function - noniterated function - nonlattice function - nonmonotomic function - nonnegative function - nonpositive function - nonrandom function - nonrecursive function - nontrivial function - nonvanishing function - norm function - norm of function - normalizable function - null function - number-theoretical function - objective function - observation function - odd function - omega function - one-loop function - one-parameter function - one-periodic function - one-place function - one-sheeted function - one-sided function - one-step function - one-valued function - one-variable function - operative function - operator function - optimizable function - optimized function - order function - order of function - orderable function - ordered function - ordering function - ordinal function - orientation function - original function - orthonormal function - oscillating function - oscillatory function - outcome function - outer function - p-adic function - pairing function - parametrization function - parametrized function - partial function - partition function - partitionable function - patch function - pattern function - payoff function - peaked function - peakless function - penalty function - pentagamma function - period of function - periodicity of function - permanent function - perturbation function - phase function - phi function - picture function - plotted function - pluriharmonic function - plurisubharmonic function - plurisublinear function - plurisuperharmonic function - pole of function - policy function - polyanalytic function - polydromic function - polygamma function - polygenic function - polygonal function - polyharmonic function - polyhedral function - polymorphic function - polynomial function - portfolio function - posinomial function - potential of function - power function - predetermined function - predicate function - predual function - preference function - premeromorphic function - prescribed function - primal function - primary function - prime-divisor function - primitive function - principal function - probability function - process function - product function - production function - productive function - profit function - projection function - projective function - propagation function - propositional function - proximity function - pseudoanalytic function - pSEUDOCONCAVE FUNCTION - pseudoconjugate function - pseudoconvex function - pseudodifferentiable function - pseudoelliptic function - pseudoharmonic function - pseudohyperanalytic function - pseudolikelihood function - pseudolinear function - pseudoperiodic function - pseudopotential function - pseudoproper function - pseudorandom function - quadratic function - quantile function - quasiaffine function - quasialgebraic function - quasianalytic function - quasibounded function - quasiconcave function - quasiconformal function - quasicontinuous function - quasiconvex function - quasidifferentiable function - quasielliptic function - quasiexcessive function - quasiexponential function - quasiharmonic function - quasihomogeneous function - quasiinterpolating function - quasimonotonic function - quasiperiodic function - quasipolynomial function - quasiradial function - quasirecursive function - quasiseparable function - quasismooth function - quasistandard function - quasistar function - quasisummation function - quasiunimodal function - quaternion function - ramification function - ramified function - range of function - ray function - real function - real-definite function - real-valued function - recession function - reciprocal function - reckonable function - recover function - rectangle function - reduced function - regression function - regret function - regularized function - regulated function - remainder function - remuneration function - renewal function - renormalized function - representable function - residue of function - resolutive function - resolvent function - response function - restricted function - restricting function - retarded function - retracting function - ridge function - right-continuous function - right-invariant function - ring of function - risk function - roof function - root-mean-square function - rudimentary function - ruin function - ruled function - saddle function - saltus function - saltus of function - sample function - sampling function - sandwich function - saw-tooth function - sawtooth function - scalar function - scattering function - scedastic function - scheme function - schlicht function - search function - section of function - selective function - self-dual function - self-indexing function - self-reciprocal function - semiarithmetical function - semicoercive function - semicontinuous function - semicylindrical function - semidefinite function - semiintegrable function - semiinvariant function - semimodular function - semimultiplicative function - semiproductive function - semispectral function - semisymmetric function - sentential function - separably-valued function - separation function - sequence function - sequential function - set-preserving function - set-valued function - shape function - sharp function - shifted function - shifting function - sifting function - sigma function - signal function - signaling function - signum function - simple function - single-humped function - single-valued function - singular function - singularity function - sinusoidal function - skew-symmetric function - smoothed function - source function - space-dependent function - space-time function - spannable function - special function - spheroidal function - spinor-valued function - spline function - square-integrable function - square-sine function - square-summable function - stability function - stable function - staircase function - star-shaped function - starlike function - statistical function - status function - stiff function - stochastic function - storage function - straight-line function - stream function - streamline function - strength function - stretch function - stroke function - strucTURE FUNCTION - subadditive function - subdifferentiable function - subintegral function - subinvariant function - submultiplicative function - suboperative function - suboptimized function - subordinated function - subparabolic function - subregular function - success function - successor function - sum function - summatory function - superadditive function - supercaloric function - supercontinuous function - supermedian function - supermultiplicative function - superparabolic function - superregular function - support function - support of function - surface function - surjective function - switching function - symbolic function - symmetrizable function - symmetrized function - system function - tame function - tangential function - target function - temperate function - temperature function - tempered function - tensor function - terminal-decision function - ternary function - tesseral function - test function - tetrachoric function - tetragamma function - theta function - time-limited function - time-varying function - tissue function - toroidal function - torus function - total function - totient function - tower function - trace function - trace of function - transfer function - transferable function - transfinite function - transformation function - transformed function - transition function - translation function - transmission function - trapezoidal function - trend function - trial function - tribeta function - trigamma function - trilinear function - true function - truncated function - truncation function - truth function - tube of function - twistor function - two-parameter function - two-place function - two-point function - two-sided function - type of function - ultradifferentiable function - ultraspherical function - unate function - unbounded function - uncertainty function - uncomputable function - unconstrained function - undecomposable function - undefined function - uneven function - uniform function - uniformizing function - unimodular function - unisolvent function - unit function - univalent function - univariate function - universal function - unknown function - unramified function - valuation function - value of function - variation of function - vector function - vector-valued function - vertex function - voting function - wave function - weight function - weight of function - weighting function - well-behaved function - well-integrable function - window function - work function - wrapping function - wurzelfrei function - zero function - zero of function - zeta function
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   I. noun  Etymology: Latin ~-, functio performance, from fungi to perform; probably akin to Sanskrit bhu?kte he enjoys  Date: 1533  1. professional or official position ; occupation  2. the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists ; purpose  3. any of a group of related actions contributing to a larger action; especially the normal and specific contribution of a bodily part to the economy of a living organism  4. an official or formal ceremony or social gathering  5.  a. a mathematical correspondence that assigns exactly one element of one set to each element of the same or another set  b. a variable (as a quality, trait, or measurement) that depends on and varies with another height is a ~ of age; also result illnesses that are a ~ of stress  6. characteristic behavior of a chemical compound due to a particular reactive unit; also ~al group  7. a computer subroutine; specifically one that performs a calculation with variables provided by a program and supplies the program with a single result  • ~less adjective Synonyms:  ~, office, duty, province mean the acts or operations expected of a person or thing. ~ implies a definite end or purpose that the one in question serves or a particular kind of work it is intended to perform the ~ of language is two-fold: to communicate emotion and to give information — Aldous Huxley. office is typically applied to the ~ or service expected of a person by reason of a trade or profession or a special relationship to others they exercise the offices of the judge, the priest, the counsellor — W. E. Gladstone. duty applies to a task or responsibility imposed by one's occupation, rank, status, or calling it is the judicial duty of the court, to examine the whole case — R. B. Taney. province applies to a ~, office, or duty that naturally or logically falls to one I felt it was not my province to inquire — Anne Bronte.  II. intransitive verb  (~ed; ~ing)  Date: 1856  1. to have a ~ ; serve an attributive noun ~s as an...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  (functions, functioning, functioned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The function of something or someone is the useful thing that they do or are intended to do. The main function of the merchant banks is to raise capital for industry. = purpose, role N-COUNT: with supp 2. If a machine or system is functioning, it is working or operating. The authorities say the prison is now functioning normally... VERB: V 3. If someone or something functions as a particular thing, they do the work or fulfil the purpose of that thing. On weekdays, one third of the room functions as workspace. VERB: V as n 4. A function is a series of operations that a computer performs, for example when a single key or a combination of keys is pressed. N-COUNT 5. If you say that one thing is a function of another, you mean that its amount or nature depends on the other thing. (FORMAL) Investment is a function of the interest rate. N-COUNT: usu sing, N of n 6. A function is a large formal dinner or party. N-COUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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  ~1 n 1 the purpose that something is made for, or the job that someone does  (The function of a cash-machine is to provide people with cash when the bank is shut. | perform a function)  (In your new job you will be expected to perform many different functions.) 2 a large party or ceremonial event, especially for an important or official occasion  (This room may be hired for weddings and other functions.) 3 the way in which something works or the way in which it is used  (Bauhaus architects thought that function was more important than form.) 4 a function of a) if one thing is a function of another, it is produced by or varies according to the other thing b) technical a mathematical quantity that changes according to how another mathematical quantity changes  (in x = 5y, x is a function of y) 5 one of the basic operations performed by a computer ~2 v 1 if something functions, it works in the way it is supposed to  (When the camera is functioning properly the green light comes on.) 2 if something functions in a particular way, it works in that way  (Can you explain exactly how this new system will function?) 3 not function if someone cannot function, they cannot do the activities that people normally do  (She nurses people in their homes who are too ill to function alone.) function as sth phr v to be or work as something  (Athens functioned as a centre of trade in the thirteenth century.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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