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Functional Conversation
Functional may refer to: * Movements in architecture: ** Functionalism (architecture) ** Form follows function * Functional group, combination of atoms within molecules * Medical conditions without currently visible organic basis: ** Functional symptom ** Functional disorder * Functional classification for roads * Functional organization * Functional training In mathematics * Functional (mathematics), a term applied to certain scalar-valued functions in mathematics and computer science ** Minnesota functionals ** Functional analysis, a branch of mathematical analysis ** Linear functional, a type of functional often simply called a functional in the context of functional analysis * Higher-order function, also called a functional, a function that takes other functions as arguments In computer science, software engineering * "Functional" (noun) may be used as a synonym for Higher-order function * (C++), a header file in the C++ Standard Library * Functional design, a paradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Functionalism (architecture)
In architecture, functionalism is the principle that buildings should be designed based solely on their purpose and function. An international functionalist architecture movement emerged in the wake of World War I, as part of the wave of Modernism. Its ideas were largely inspired by a desire to build a new and better world for the people, as broadly and strongly expressed by the social and political movements of Europe after the extremely devastating world war. In this respect, functionalist architecture is often linked with the ideas of socialism and modern humanism. A new slight addition to this new wave of architecture was that not only should buildings and houses be designed around the purpose of functionality, architecture should also be used as a means to physically create a better world and a better life for people in the broadest sense. This new functionalist architecture had the strongest impact in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, the USSR and the Netherlands, and from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
