functional

/ˈfʌŋkt͡ʃənəl/ adjective B2

In good working order.
Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function. · That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.
Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture. · A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements.
Of or relating to one's role or office; official. · functional responsibilities
Characterizing functioning in environment, being symptoms that do not presuppose alteration of organic structure.
Optimized for all-around physiological benefit. · functional coffee· functional fitness
Of or relating to a function or functions.
Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.

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Drive-in restaurants and expansive service stations proliferated along the shoulders, creating a homogenized but highly functional landscape of commercial consumerism.

The Asphalt Arteries: How the Interstates Reshaped America, p. 1 · C2

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functional A function that takes a function as its argument C2

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