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FUNCTION

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function I. substantiv

1. funcţi(un)e; exerciţiul unei funcţi(un)i; funcţi(un)e oficială; post, slujbă, serviciu; plural obligaţiuni de serviciu;

to discharge one’s functions a-şi îndeplini slujba, a se achita de obligaţiunile de serviciu;

to enter on one’s functions a intra în funcţie;

to perform one’s functions a) a ocupa o funcţie; b) a îndeplini o slujbă;

to relinquish / resign one’s functions a-şi da demisia, a demisiona (dintr-o funcţie).

2. carieră, profesi(un)e, meserie;

in his function as a magistrate în calitatea sa de magistrat.

3. (med.) funcţie, activitate (a unui organ);

the functions of the heart funcţiile inimii.

4. (mat.) funcţie;

as a function of în funcţie de.

5. solemnitate, reuniune mondenă, primire, recepţie; masă mare; (fam.) întrunire solemnă; (amer.) înmormântare.

function II. verb intranzitiv

a funcţiona (în diferite sensuri).

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Researchers have developed a tiny nanolaser that can function inside living tissues without harming them.

(Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues, National Science Foundation)

"The function of beauty is joy-making."

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

And when will you commence the exercise of your function?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

A dose administration rate unit where the amount of product to be delivered or administered is calculated in micrograms as a function of the subject's weight in kilograms and is delivered or administered over the time period of one week.

(Microgram per Kilogram per Week, NCI Thesaurus)

As I left him, resuming his stool and his pen, and rolling his head in his stock, to get it into easier writing order, I clearly perceived that there was something interposed between him and me, since he had come into his new functions, which prevented our getting at each other as we used to do, and quite altered the character of our intercourse.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Deterioration in memory function.

(Memory Impairment, NCI Thesaurus)

These agents display potent antitumor properties due to their ability to intercalate into DNA and interfere with the function of both the topoisomerase I and II enzymes, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and ultimately, interfering with RNA and protein synthesis.

(Aclacinomycin Antitumor Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

These cells are a type of brain stem cell important for maintaining normal brain function, and for the regeneration of myelin – the fatty sheath that surrounds our nerves, which is damaged in multiple sclerosis (MS).

(Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells, University of Cambridge)

"The fact that it is leading to diseases that we may not be able to see immediately but look at much later in life like adult diseases. Our lung function and our respiratory systems are being altered during our development.

(WAir Pollution a Health Risk for Children, Lisa Schlein/VOA)

Memantine binds to and inhibits cation channels of glutamanergic NMDA receptors located in the central nervous system (CNS), preventing the prolonged influx of calcium ions and the associated neuronal excitotoxicity, and thereby potentially enhancing cognitive function.

(Memantine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

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