different between semantics vs functional

English

Etymology

From French sémantique, displacing earlier semasiology. From Ancient Greek ?????????? (s?mantikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??mænt?ks/

Noun

semantics (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. [1893]

2. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
3. The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

4. (computer science) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

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See also

• Appendix:Glossary of semantics

Further reading

• semantics at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• amnestics

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)

1. In good working order.
2. Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function

   That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.

3. Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture

   A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements

4. (computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
   • Antonym: imperative
5. (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

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Noun

functional (plural functionals)

1. (mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function ${\displaystyle y=f(x)}$ whose argument ${\displaystyle x}$ 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.
2. (mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
3. (computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).

Derived terms

• functional analysis
• functional analysis diagram
• linear functional

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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