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semantic
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French sémantique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??mænt?k/
- Rhymes: -ænt?k
Adjective
semantic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words. [from late 19th c.]
- (software design, of code) Reflecting intended structure and meaning.
- (slang, of a detail or distinction) Petty or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, niggling.
Antonyms
- antisemantic
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- Semantic Web on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “semantic”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “semantic” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "semantic" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
- "Semantic code: What? Why? How?" in boagworld.
- semantic at OneLook Dictionary Search
Noun
semantic (plural semantics)
- (linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.
Translations
Anagrams
- amnestic, ancestim, nematics
Romanian
Etymology
From French sémantique.
Adjective
semantic m or n (feminine singular semantic?, masculine plural semantici, feminine and neuter plural semantice)
- semantic
Declension
semantic From the web:
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- what semantic web
- what semantic field
- what semantic barriers of communication
- what semantic fields are there
- what is semantics definition
- what do semantics mean
- what does semantics mean
functional
English
Etymology
function +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f??k(t)??n?l/, /?f??k(t)?n?l/
Adjective
functional (comparative more functional, superlative most functional)
- In good working order.
- Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function
- That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.
- Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture
- A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements
- (computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
- Antonym: imperative
- (medicine) Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.
Synonyms
- functioning, working
- utilitarian
Antonyms
- dysfunctional
- non-functional, nonfunctional, unfunctional
- (medicine: not referrable to a change of structure): organic
Hyponyms
Derived terms
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Translations
Noun
functional (plural functionals)
- (mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function whose argument varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example is the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.
- (mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
- (computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).
Derived terms
- functional analysis
- functional analysis diagram
- linear functional
Translations
References
- functional on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- functional in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- functional in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- functional at OneLook Dictionary Search
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- what functional group is oh
- what functional groups are in amino acids
- what functional groups are present in aspirin
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- what functional groups are polar
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