Function and Strength

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 property of being physically or mentally strong.
  • usage: "fatigue sapped his strength"
• Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war.
  • usage: "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"
  • synonyms: military capability, military strength, military posture, posture
• Physical energy or intensity.
  • usage: "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
  • synonyms: force, forcefulness
• An asset of special worth or utility.
  • usage: "cooking is his forte"
  • synonyms: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point
• The power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty.
  • usage: "the strength of his argument settled the matter"
  • synonyms: persuasiveness
• The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation. )
  • usage: "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
  • synonyms: intensity, intensity level
• Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects.
  • usage: "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"
  • synonyms: potency, effectiveness
• The condition of financial success.
  • usage: "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
• Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
  • usage: "they advertised the durability of their products"
  • synonyms: lastingness, durability, enduringness

• (n.) That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.
• (n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.
• (n.) Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
• (n.) Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work.
• (n.) One who or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
• (n.) A strong place; a stronghold.
• (n.) Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
• (v.t.) To strengthen.
• (n.) Force as measured; amount, numbers or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land or by sea?.
• (n.) The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory or of judgment.
• (n.) Intensity; -- said of light or color.