Functional
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Generally, functional refers to something able to fulfill its purpose or function.
- Functional (mathematics) is a term applied to functions in mathematics, computer science, and Lagrangian mechanics.
- Functional programming is used in computer science as well.
- Functional form and functionalism (architecture) apply to architectural design.
- Functional symptom is sometimes used in medicine to describe symptoms that have no organic basis, e.g. if they are a result of psychological or perceptual dysfunction.
- Diatonic functionality describes a music term.