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Functional vs Ultrafunctional - What's the difference?

functional | ultrafunctional |

As adjectives the difference between functional and ultrafunctional

is that functional is in good working order while ultrafunctional is extremely and rigidly functional, without emotion or ornament.

As a noun functional

is (mathematics) a function that takes a function as its argument; more precisely: a function y''=''f''(''x'') whose argument ''x varies in a space of (real valued, complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space an example: the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.

functional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
  • (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

    * non-functional * dysfunctional * organic

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * function * functional analysis * functional analysis diagram * functional anatomy * functional application * functional bombing * functional constraint * functional decomposition * functional design * functional diagram * functional disorder * functional electrical stimulation * functional error recovery * functional failure * functional group * functional interleaving * functional programming * functional requirement * functional residual capacity * functional specifications * functional switching circuit * functional unit * functionality * functionally

    Related terms

    * functionary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function y''=''f''(''x'') whose argument ''x varies in a space of (real valued, complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example: 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).

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    ultrafunctional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely and rigidly functional, without emotion or ornament.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 19, author=Amelia Gentleman, title=A City That Sat on Its Treasures, but Didn’t See Them, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The disappearance of large quantities of these distinctive, ultrafunctional tables and chairs ?— most of them designed by Mr. Jeanneret, Le Corbusier’s cousin, for the city’s government offices, courtrooms and colleges ??— has begun to alarm architects and some officials in the city. }}