function

• n. 機能；[数]職務；義務；大集会
• vi.活動する；活動する；義務を行使する

ラテン語のfunctio「果たす、実行する」から。

function

function: [16] The ultimate source of function is the Latin verb fungī ‘perform, discharge’, which may be related to Sanskrit bhunkte ‘he enjoys’. From its past participle, functus, was formed the abstract noun functiō ‘performance, activity’, which passed into English via Old French fonction. Other English derivatives of fungī include defunct and perfunctory [16], etymologically ‘done only to discharge an obligation’.
=> defunct, perfunctory

function (n.)

1530s, "one's proper work or purpose; power of acting in a specific proper way," from Middle French fonction (16c.) and directly from Latin functionem (nominative functio) "a performance, an execution," noun of action from funct-, past participle stem of fungi "perform, execute, discharge," from PIE root *bheug- (2) "to use, enjoy" (see brook (v.)). Meaning "official ceremony" is from 1630s, originally in church use. Use in mathematics probably was begun by Leibnitz (1692). In reference to computer operations, 1947.

function (v.)

1844, "perform a function" (intransitive), from function (n.). Related: Functioned; functioning.

1. His function is vital to the accomplishment of the agency 's mission.

この機関の使命を果たすには、彼の役割が重要である。

2.They were decked out in tracksuits,seemingly to dissimulate their true function .

彼らは陸上競技服を着ていて、彼らの本当の機能を隠そうとしているようだ。

3.A complex engine has many separate components,each performing a different function .

複雑なエンジンには、部品ごとに異なる役割を果たす独立した部品がたくさんあります。

4.He had been invited to grace a function at the evening college.

彼は招待に応じてこの夜学の活動を盛り上げた。

5.The other fundamental consideration in the conception of a plan is function .

設計図を構想する際に考慮するもう1つの基本的な要素は機能である。