Function and Band

noun

• Mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function. ()
  • synonyms: mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping
• What something is used for.
  • usage: "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it"
  • synonyms: purpose, role, use
• The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
  • usage: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
  • synonyms: office, part, role
• A relation such that one thing is dependent on another.
  • usage: "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand"
• A formal or official social gathering or ceremony.
  • usage: "it was a black-tie function"
• A vaguely specified social event.
  • usage: "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
  • synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
• A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program.
  • synonyms: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure

verb

• Perform as expected when applied.
  • usage: "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
  • synonyms: work, operate, go, run
• Serve a purpose, role, or function.
  • usage: "The tree stump serves as a table"; "The female students served as a control group"; "This table would serve very well"; "His freedom served him well"; "The table functions as a desk"
  • synonyms: serve
• Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
  • usage: "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
  • synonyms: officiate

• (v.i.) Alternative of Functionate.
• (n.) The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The act of executing or performing any duty, office or calling; per formance.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, especially one somewhat formal.
• (n.) A religious ceremony, especially one particularly impressive and elaborate.

noun

• An unofficial association of people or groups.
  • usage: "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
  • synonyms: set, circle, lot
• Instrumentalists not including string players.
• A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
  • usage: "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
  • synonyms: banding, stria, striation
• An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material.
  • synonyms: banding, stripe
• A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing.
  • synonyms: dance band, dance orchestra
• A range of frequencies between two limits.
• A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body. )
• A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
  • synonyms: isthmus
• Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger.
  • usage: "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"
  • synonyms: ring
• A driving belt in machinery.
• A thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration.
• A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration.
  • synonyms: ring
• A restraint put around something to hold it together.

verb

• Bind or tie together, as with a band.
• Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.
  • usage: "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
  • synonyms: ring

• (v.t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
• imp. of Bind.
• (v.t.) A continuous tablet, stripe or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color or of brickwork, etc.
• (v.t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament or complete it.
• (v.t.) To unite in a troop, company or confederacy.
• (v.t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
• (v.t.) To mark with a band.
• (v.t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums or cymbals.
• (v.t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
• (v.t.) A stripe, streak or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
• (v.t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• (v.t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal or academic dress.
• (v.t.) Pledge; security.
• (v.t.) To bandy; to drive away.
• (v.t.) A fillet, strap or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled or fastened or by which a number of things are tied, bound together or confined; a fetter.
• (v.t.) A bond.
• (v.t.) To bind or tie with a band.
• (v.i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
• (v.t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
• (v.t.) A belt or strap.

band is the PSA range within which certain performance measures such as yield and average life are set for a CMO tranche. This range is expressed in terms of PSA speeds. Differences between predicted speeds and the actual speeds subsequently experienced can cause bracket creep.