functional equivalent
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandequivalent
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functional
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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equivalent
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/us/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/
something that has the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc. as ...
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(Definition offunctionalandequivalentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffunctional equivalent
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The way out of the problem was to find afunctionalequivalentfor the diathesis.
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This explains why animals may have thefunctionalequivalentof human declarative consciousness.
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There are fewer indications, however, that afunctionalequivalentmight exist for the external function of intermediary associations.
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The rigidity of the political system has thus provided what amounts to thefunctionalequivalentof social norms for helping people manage their lives.
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To illustrate his view of what counts and what does not count as speech or itsfunctionalequivalent, he presents four scenarios for our consideration.
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Thefunctionalequivalentin the political system of science's need for resources and accessibility to research opportunities is legitimation in order to secure power.
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Although their proof yields thefunctionalequivalentof the linear imperative solution, they did not have the means to formally assess the actual complexity of their program.
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This allows the silicon group to be used as afunctionalequivalentof the hydroxyl group.
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This non-gold-based currency became thefunctionalequivalentof greenbacks in circulation, further expanding the money supply.
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The personhood amendment defined personhood as every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or thefunctionalequivalentthereof.
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Under these circumstances, a silver spoon served thefunctionalequivalentof passport, driving licence, and credit card.
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As a gentleman's gentleman, or valet, he is thefunctionalequivalentof a butler and his rank reflects that of his master.
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This eventually detaches from the stem, and acts as thefunctionalequivalentof a samara, carrying the attached bulbil to a new site.
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When used alone with a subjunctive verb in the second person, prohibitive serves as thefunctionalequivalent to a negative imperative, which itself can not be negated.
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Not all agreements are necessarily contractual, as the parties generally must have an intention to be legally bound (or thefunctionalequivalentunder the objective theory of contracts).
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Unlike other reptiles, a crocodile has a cerebral cortex, a four-chambered heart, and thefunctionalequivalentof a diaphragm, by incorporating muscles used for aquatic locomotion into respiration.
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