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functionality

noun

Etymology

From functional + -ity.

  1. derived from *bʰewg-✻
  2. derived from functiō — “performance, execution”
  3. derived from fonction
  4. borrowed from function
  5. formed as functional — “function + -al”
  6. formed as functionality — “functional + -ity”

Definitions

  1. The ability to do a task, performance, or execution

    The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.

  2. In trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function other than the…

    In trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function other than the identification of the product, preventing that design from being protected as a trademark.

  3. The presence of a functional group.

The neighborhood

Derived

bifunctionality, biofunctionality, cofunctionality, hyperfunctionality, hypofunctionality, isofunctionality, monofunctionality, multifunctionality, nonfunctionality, plurifunctionality, polyfunctionality

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at functionality. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at functionality. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at functionality

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA