Functional

a.	1.	Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.
	2.	(Pathology, Physiol.) Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general; involving or affecting function rather than physiology; as, functional deafness; a functional disease. See functional disease, below.
	3.	Designed for or capable of a particular function or use; as, a style of writing in which every word is functional; functional architecture.
	4.	Fit or ready for use or service; useable; in working order; as, the toaster was still functional even after being dropped; the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still functional. Antonym of out of order and nonfunctional.
	5.	Designed to emphasize practical utility rather than artistic or aesthetic purposes; as, functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical; functional architecture; an amateurish device, crude but functional. Functional disease (Med.) a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

Adj.	1.	functional - designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture" Antonyms: nonfunctional - not having or performing a function
	2.	functional - involving or affecting function rather than physiology; "functional deafness" Antonyms: organic - involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; "an organic disease"
	3.	functional - relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure; "the problem now is not a constitutional one; it is a functional one"; "delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis"
	4.	functional - fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order" Synonyms: in working order, useable, operable, operational, usable
	5.	functional - designed for or adapted to a function or use; "functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical"; "functional architecture"
	6.	functional - (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" Synonyms: working, operative, running

1.		functional - Working correctly.
2.		functional - Pertaining to functional programming.
3.		functional - higher-order function.

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