Part 4641

<h1>Funambulist</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Fu*nam"bu*list</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A ropewalker or ropedancer.</def>

<h1>Funambulo, Funambulus</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw><hw>Fu*nam"bu*lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fu*nam"bu*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>funambulo</ets>, or It. <ets>funambolo</ets>, fr. L. <ets>funambulus</ets>; funis rope (perh. akin to E. <ets>bind</ets>) + <ets>ambulare</ets> to walk. See <er>Amble</er>, and cf. <er>Funambulist</er>.]</ety> <def>A ropewalker or ropedancer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Function</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Func"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>functio</ets>, fr. <ets>fungi</ets> to perform, execute, akin to Skr. <ets>bhuj</ets> to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. <ets>fonction</ets>. Cf. <er>Defunct</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.</def> "In the <i>function</i> of his public calling."

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; <as>as, the <ex>function</ex> of the heart or the limbs; the <ex>function</ex> of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the <ex>functions</ex> of the various organs and parts of the body.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>As the mind opens, and its <b>functions</b> spread. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.</def>

<blockquote>Tradesmen . . . going about their <b>functions</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal <b>functions.</b> <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>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 <i>function</i> of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a <i>function</i> of the diameter. If <it>x</it> be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x<exp>2</exp>, 3<exp>x</exp>, Log. <it>x</it>, and Sin. <it>x</it>, are all <ex>functions</ex> of <it>x</it>.</def>

<cs><col>Algebraic function</col>, <cd>a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to <i>transcendental function</i>.</cd> -- <col>Arbitrary function</col>. <cd>See under <er>Arbitrary</er>.</cd> -- <col>Calculus of functions</col>. <cd>See under <er>Calculus</er>.</cd> -- <col>Carnot's function</col> <fld>(Thermo-dynamics)</fld>, <cd>a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion.</cd> -- <col>Circular functions</col>. <cd>See <cref>Inverse trigonometrical functions</cref> (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits.</cd> -- <col>Discontinuous function</col>. <cd>See under <er>Discontinuous</er>.</cd> -- <col>Elliptic functions</col>, <cd>a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith.</cd> -- <col>Explicit function</col></mcol>, <cd><cd>a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations <mathex>y = 6x<exp>2</exp><mathex>, <mathex>y = 10 -x<exp>3</exp><mathex>, the quantity <it>y<it> is an explicit function of <it>x.<it></cd> -- <col>Implicit function</col>, <cd>a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, <it>y<it> in the equation <mathex>x<exp>2</exp> + y<exp>2</exp> = 100<mathex> is an implicit function of <it>x.<it></cd></cd> -- <mcol><col>Inverse trigonometrical functions</col>, &or; <col>Circular function</col><cd></mcol>, <cd>the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is <i>x<i>) is written <fexp>sin <exp>-1</exp>x<fexp>, and so of the other lines. See <cref>Trigonometrical function</cref> (below). Other transcendental functions are the <i>exponential functions<i>, the <i>elliptic functions<i>, the <i>gamma functions<i>, the <i>theta functions<i>, etc.</cd></cd> -- <mcol><col>One-valued function</col>, <cd>a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable.</cd> -- <col>Transcendental functions</col>, <cd>a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, <it>y</it> in the equation <mathex>y = 10<exp>x</exp></mathex> is a transcendental function of <it>x.</it> See <cref>Algebraic function</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col>Trigonometrical function</col></mcol>, <cd>a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by <it>x<it> (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of <it>x<it>, and are written <fexp>sin x</fexp>, <fexp>cos x</fexp>, <fexp>tan x</fexp> (or <fexp>tang x</fexp>), <fexp>cot x</fexp>, <fexp>sec x</fexp>, <fexp>cosec x</fexp>, <fexp>versin x</fexp>, <fexp>coversin x</fexp>. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA.</cd></cs>

<h1>Function, Functionate</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw><hw>Func"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Func"tion*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.</def>

<h1>Functional</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Func"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general.</def>

<cs><col>Functional disease</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>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 <i>organic disease<i>, in which the organ itself is affected.</cd></cs>

<h1>Functionalize</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Func"tion*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To assign to some function or office.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Functionally</h1> <Xpage=603>

<hw>Func"tion*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a functional manner; as regards normal or appropriate activity.</def>

<blockquote>The organ is said to be <b>functionally</b> disordered. <i>Lawrence.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Functionary</h1> <Xpage=603>