(mathematics) Any of a group of special functions of several complex variables, important in many areas, including the theories of abelian varieties and moduli spaces, and of quadratic forms.

(mathematics) A meromorphic function on ℂ, defined as the (m+1)-th derivative (for a given order m) of the logarithm of the gamma function.

plural of linear functional

A real-valued function on a differentiable manifold such that, at each point in its domain where the function's differential is zero, the function's Hessian is nonsingular.

(linguistics) A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, such as prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, or conjunctions.

plural of functional requirement

(object-oriented programming) An object that encapsulates a function pointer (or equivalent).

plural of function object

plural of function multiplier

plural of function generator