All 18 Uses

function
in
My Name is Legion
(Edited)

I worked for about ten minutes, and the drifting capsule hundreds of fathoms beneath us began to function once again.
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function = work or operate
It seems to be functioning all right now.
Part 1

functioning = working or operating
He would have to explain the discontinuance of function in the capsule in order to make his report jibe with the capsule's log.
Part 1

function = operation
While I had never had to use one, I had always found the presence of a decompression chamber on the bottom a thing of comfort, despite its slightly ominous function for the sort of work we would be doing.
Part 2

function = purpose
What was the true function of their triangle in this bizarre case?
Part 2
Prophet, seer, philosopher, musician, there is no man-made word I know of to describe this sort of one, or the function he performs.
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function = job
How well we succeeded, and whether possession of the world's likeness does indeed provide its custodians with a greater measure of control over its functions, are questions my former colleagues still debate as the music grows more shrill and you can't see the maps for the pins.
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functions = tasks or natural activities
The telefactor functions in a feedback situation with its operator.
Part 3

functions = works or operates
The material establishes its own routes in a fashion analogous to the functioning of the brain when it is learning something.
Part 3

functioning = working
And I suspect that by trying to produce something that close to the human brain in structure and function, the seemingly inevitable randomness of its model got included in.
Part 3

function = purpose
Now that I know about that mind-reading gadget I understand why a psychiatrist on this end could be so positive it would never function again.
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function = work
These did not immediately become functional and hence were not detected.
Part 3

functional = capable of working
...you could always argue that no matter how elaborate the program, it was basically an extension of the programmer's will and the operations of causal machines merely represented functions of intelligence, rather than intelligence in its own right backed by a will of its own.
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functions = computer code modules each of which perform a specific task
It had obviously acquired a great number of functions, but was it capable of having real feelings?
Part 3
I don't know just how it was wired originally, and I'm not such a genius on the theory that I can just look at a thing and say whether it will function as a teleoperator unit.
Part 3

function = work
"I think that the Hangman wanted to talk to Leila," he said, "either because she was a psychiatrist and he knew he was functioning badly at a level that transcended the mechanical, or because he might think of her in terms of a mother."
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functioning = working or operating
The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.
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function = purpose
The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.
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(1) (function as in: Its main function is to...)
purpose, job, or natural activity
(2) (function as in: can't function well without sleep)
work or operate -- sometimes to work or operate normally or in a particular way
(3) (function as in: I'm attending a function tonight)
a social event or ceremony -- especially one attended for work or out of a sense of duty
(4) (function as in: oxygen is a function of altitude)
saying one results from another; or saying that the amount of one thing is dependent upon the value of another.

If x is a function of y, then x results from y; or the amount of x can be calculated based on the amount of y.
(5) (function as in: Amazon's new search function)
computer code that performs a specific task
(6) (function as in: a mathematical function)
a formula or mathematical expression that describes a relationship between variables
(7) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
For more specialized meanings in math and chemistry, see a comprehensive dictionary.

function in My Name is Legion (Edited)

function
in
My Name is Legion
(Edited)