functional property
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandproperty
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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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property
noun
uk/ˈprɒp.ə.ti/us/ˈprɑː.pɚ.t̬i/
an object or objects that belong ...
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(Definition offunctionalandpropertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffunctional property
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Temperature is a coarse-grainedfunctionalpropertyand summarises the statistics of a multitude of microevents.
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This might be particularly difficult when thefunctionalpropertyis dependent on material makeup.
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For instance, thefunctionalpropertyof "perfume" can give rise to such words as scent, odor, aromatic, and deodorized.
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Only, we suggest that this is not just a human phenomenon but rather a generalfunctionalpropertyof adaptive minds.
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According to this theory, the mouth close-open alternation underlying the syllable (closed for consonants, open for vowels) is the mainfunctionalpropertyof speech.
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By such examination one can hope to infer the molecular basis of the defect, or at least to identify thefunctionalpropertyof the connexin that is responsible.
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We begin by tracing the historical origins of the concept of organization itself, showing how it inherently assumes thefunctionalpropertyof organismic self-regulation and relative autonomy.
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Thus, the tack he took was to stress that monkeys have "an important functional parallel with human conscious memory," or an "importantfunctionalpropertyof human conscious memory" (p. 5359).
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In fact, data shows that afunctionalpropertyof neurons within primate visual cortices are their discernment to orientation.
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He holds that truth is afunctionalproperty, i.e. that it is characterized by a particular function that can be realized in many different ways.
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Immunocytochemistry and electrophysiology were used to identify protein-expression profiles and to examine functional properties of neuronal and astrocytic phenotypes.
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The centrality of functional properties is perhaps related to the purpose of classification in general.
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Again, we used electrophysiology to determine if the morphologically differentiated astrocytes exhibited functional properties of astrocytes.
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While the functional properties of developing cells seemed relatively mature, there were some aspects of synaptic transmission that varied considerably with age.
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This makes it clear that children do notice and pay attention to functional properties in these experiments.
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It is clear that functional properties of objects play a central role in adult categorization.
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Many important macroscopic variables can equally well be defined as coarse-grainings or through functional properties relating to other macroscopic variables.
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The experiment may highlight functional properties, so adults may infer that function is an obvious criterion to use for categorization in such studies.
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Functional properties of channels formed by the neuronal gap junction protein connexin36.
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