Function and Discharge

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

• The sudden giving off of energy.
• The act of venting.
  • synonyms: venting
• A substance that is emitted or released.
  • synonyms: emission
• Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.
  • usage: "the discharge of pus"
  • synonyms: emission, expelling
• Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
  • synonyms: spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge
• The pouring forth of a fluid.
  • synonyms: outpouring, run
• The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart.
  • synonyms: dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
• A formal written statement of relinquishment.
  • synonyms: release, waiver
• The act of discharging a gun.
  • synonyms: firing, firing off

verb

• Complete or carry out.
  • usage: "discharge one's duties"
  • synonyms: dispatch, complete
• Pour forth or release.
  • usage: "discharge liquids"
• Free from obligations or duties.
  • synonyms: free
• Remove the charge from.
• Go off or discharge.
  • usage: "The gun fired"
  • synonyms: fire, go off
• Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
  • usage: "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
  • synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, exonerate, exculpate
• Eliminate (a substance. )
  • usage: "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
  • synonyms: exhaust, expel, eject, release
• Leave or unload.
  • usage: "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
  • synonyms: drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload
• Cause to go off.
  • usage: "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
  • synonyms: fire
• Release from military service.
  • synonyms: muster out
• Become empty or void of its content.
  • usage: "The room emptied"
  • synonyms: empty

• (v.t.) The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
• (v.t.) To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
• (v.t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.
• (v.t.) A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.
• (v.t.) Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
• (v.t.) Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
• (v.t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
• (v.t.) To relieve of a charge, load or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
• (v.t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.
• (v.t.) The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
• (v.t.) To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
• (v.t.) To put forth or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.
• (v.t.) To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.
• (v.t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office or part.
• (v.t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
• (v.t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.
• (v.t.) To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
• (v.t.) Act of removing or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt or the performance of a trust or duty.
• (v.t.) To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
• (v.t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
• (v.i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.
• (v.t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
• (n.) The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
• (v.t.) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground.

1. The action of releasing a lien or the document in which the creditor relinquishes a lien. Also known as a satisfaction, a release, a reconveyance, or an extinguishment. However, release tends to be used in connection with both real and personal property, while the' discharge', extinguishment, reconveyance, and satisfaction are more often used only in connection with real property. See: partial release and release. 2. Relief granted to a debtor by a bankruptcy court. Discharge relieves the debtor from all further responsibility for pre-petition debt covered by the discharge.