Real Dictionary

functional
a characteristic feature or quality distinguishing a particular person or thing [...]
a distinguishing quality, attribute, or trait [...]
a function whose domain is a set of functions and whose range is a set of functions or a set of numbers [...]
a game in which each player writes down a part of a story, folds over the paper, and passes it on to another player who continues the story. After several stages, the resulting (nonsensical) stories are read out [...]
a mutual or reciprocal action or influence [...]
a representation or likeness of a person or thing, esp in sculpture [...]
a self-contained unit or item, such as an assembly of electronic components and associated wiring or a segment of computer software, which itself performs a defined task and can be linked with other such units to form a larger system [...]
a series of observations, measurements, or facts; information [...]
a social or professional position, condition, or standing to which varying degrees of responsibility, privilege, and esteem are attached [...]
a unit of heredity composed of DNA occupying a fixed position on a chromosome (some viral genes are composed of RNA). A gene may determine a characteristic of an individual by specifying a polypeptide chain that forms a protein or part of a protein ( stru
an analysis, esp a determination of the amount of metal in an ore or the amounts of impurities in a precious metal [...]
an interconnected group or system [...]
any of a large group of nitrogenous compounds of high molecular weight that are essential constituents of all living organisms. They consist of one or more chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds and are folded into a specific three-dimensional shap
consequence or importance [...]
description of character, traits, etc [...]
Functional means relating to the way in which something works or operates, or relating to how useful it is.
having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent [...]
land governed by a ruler or government [...]
of, producing, or operated by means of magnetism [...]
personal property or belongings [...]
showing resemblance in qualities, characteristics, or appearance; alike but not identical [...]
something that follows from an action, dispute, situation, etc; result; consequence [...]
systematic placement in categories [...]
the ability or power to contain, absorb, or hold [...]
the act of annotating [...]
the act of one body, object, etc, striking another; collision [...]
the act of responding; reply or reaction [...]
the act or process of recovering, esp from sickness, a shock, or a setback; recuperation [...]
the act or result of diverging or the amount by which something diverges [...]
the branch of molecular genetics concerned with the study of genomes, specifically the identification and sequencing of their constituent genes and the application of this knowledge in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, etc [...]
the condition or quality of being resonant [...]
the individual parts of the face [...]
the people owning or controlling a racehorse [...]
the process of forming or obtaining images by electronically tracing something such as sound waves, temperature, or chemicals, rather than by using light rays or ordinary photography [...]
the state of being important; significance [...]
the state of being or being able to be connected [...]
the state or condition of being redundant or superfluous, esp superfluous in one's job [...]
the state or quality of being different or varied [...]
the state or quality of being unlike [...]
to increase the wealth of [...]
adjective: Functional things are useful rather than decorative.