Function and Wing

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

• A movable organ for flying (one of a pair. )
• One of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane.
• A stage area out of sight of the audience.
  • synonyms: offstage, backstage
• A unit of military aircraft.
• The side of military or naval formation.
  • usage: "they attacked the enemy's right flank"
  • synonyms: flank
• A hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side.
• In flight formation. ( a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft)
• A group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function.
  • usage: "they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party"
• The wing of a fowl.
  • usage: "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings"
• A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud.
  • usage: "in Britain they call a fender a wing"
  • synonyms: fender
• An addition that extends a main building.
  • synonyms: annex, annexe, extension

verb

• Travel through the air; be airborne.
  • usage: "Man cannot fly"
  • synonyms: fly

• (n.) Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, whether by edge-on motion or flapping or rotation; specifically, either of a pair of supporting planes of a flying machine.
• (n.) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
• (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
• (n.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
• (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
• (v.t.) To supply with wings or sidepieces.
• (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
• (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
• (n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.
• (v.t.) To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
• (v.t.) To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
• (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
• (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
• (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
• (n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work.
• (v.t.) To move through in flight; to fly through.
• (v.t.) To furnish with wings; to enable to fly or to move with celerity.
• (n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
• (n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
• (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
• (n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
• (n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
• (n.) Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
• (n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
• (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.

(DoD) A balanced Marine Corps task organization of aircraft groups and squadrons, together with appropriate command, air control, administrative, service, and maintenance units. A standard Marine Corps aircraft wing contains the aviation elements normally required for the air support of a Marine division.
(DoD) A fleet air wing is the basic organizational and administrative unit for naval-, land-, and tender-based aviation. Such wings are mobile units to which are assigned aircraft squadrons and tenders for administrative organization control.
(DoD) An Air Force unit composed normally of one primary mission group and the necessary supporting organizations, i.e., organizations designed to render supply, maintenance, hospitalization, and other services required by the primary mission groups. Primary mission groups may be functional, such as combat, training, transport, or service.
(DoD) A flank unit; that part of a military force to the right or left of the main body.

Wing is either masculine or feminine given name

• Name Meaning: Glory
• Name Origin: Chinese