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analytically
Adverb
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When someone studies something analytically, that person studies it in an analytical manner.
extended
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adjective
(= drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted)
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
a drawn-out argument
an extended discussion
a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
a prolonged and bitter struggle
protracted negotiations
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adjective
fully extended or stretched forth
an extended telescope
his extended legs reached almost across the small room
refused to accept the extended hand
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adjective
beyond the literal or primary sense
'hot off the press' shows an extended sense of 'hot'
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adjective
(= elongated, lengthened, prolonged)
drawn out or made longer spatially
Picasso's elongated Don Quixote
lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
a prolonged black line across the page
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adjective
(= extensive)
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
extended farm lands
surgeons with extended experience
they suffered extensive damage
function
Noun
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Something or someone's function is its purpose or its job.
The army sometimes performs a policing function.
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A function is an organised event.
I met Sylvia at a church function last week.
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If mathX/math is a function of mathY/math, then mathX/math exists because of or is affected by mathY/math
The speed of the computer is a function of its main processor.
When you see, mathY=f(X)/math, you read it, "mathY/math is a function of mathX/math". Here the value of mathY/math depends on the value assigned to the variable mathX/math.
function
Verb
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If something is functioning, it is working and is not completely broken.
Her heart stopped, but her brain continued to function.
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If something functions as mathX/math, it does the job of mathX/math.
In this sentence, "sentence" functions as the subject.