funzione

Definitions of funzione
  1. noun
    the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
    synonyms: carica, compito, mansione, officio, offizio, qualifica, ruolo, ufficio, uffizio, ufizio
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    vece
    the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
    type of:
    dovere, impegno, obbligazione, obbligo, onere
    work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
  2. noun
    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
    synonyms: elaborazione, funzionamento, manovra, operazione, prestazione, procedimento, procedura, processo, sviluppo, tecnica, trattamento
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    lavoro, opera
    activity directed toward making or doing something
  3. noun
    a formal event performed on a special occasion
    synonyms: cerimonia, rito
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    esequie, estremo saluto, funerale, mortorio
    a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
    imeneo, matrimonio, nozze, sponsali, sposalizio
    the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
    commemorazione
    a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
    induzione, iniziazione
    a formal entry into an organization or position or office
    battesimo, inaugurazione
    the ceremonial induction into a position
    inumazione, sepoltura, seppellimento, sotterramento, tumulazione
    the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
    incoronazione, investitura
    the ceremony of installing a new monarch
  4. noun
    (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
    synonyms: funzione matematica
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    operatore
    (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
    sequela, sequenza, serie
    (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
    seno
    ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
    coseno
    ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
    tangente, tangente trigonometrica
    ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
    cotangente
    ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
    secante
    ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
    cosecante
    ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
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