Crossword clues for functioning
functioning
Wiktionary
functional, working n. 1 action of the verb function. 2 Manner by which something functions; the workings. v
(present participle of function English)
WordNet
adj. performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight" [ant: malfunctioning]
n. process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards" [syn: operation, performance]
Usage examples of "functioning".
Though the meaning itself is entirely on the side of the sign, its functioning is entirely on the side of that which is signified.
So it can truly be said that proper functioning is the secret of power.
Impaired functioning of the lungs has an immediate and vital effect upon every other part of the body.
Insufficient functioning of the kidneys is not so immediately fatal as the failure of the lungs to do their work, but proper action of the kidneys is none the less important.
A normal condition of the entire body depends upon perfect and continuous functioning of the liver in cooperation with all the other vital organs.
In maintaining an erect position all these organs are drawn upward and held in their natural position, and this means greater vigor and better functioning on the part of each.
This development of the back of the neck always indicates great vitality, because definite proof is thereby given that the spine is unusually strong and is maintained in a position favorable to the functioning of all the organs of the body.
It will insure an active functioning, and make you feel and be thoroughly alive.
This has the effect of massaging, as it were, the internal organs, and is of material value in bringing about improved functioning, as well as strengthening these parts.
Active functioning of the alimentary canal is absolutely essential if the blood stream is to contain those elements essential to superior vital vigor.
Under conditions of physical stagnation, when the circulation is less active, much of this waste matter tends to remain in the tissues of the body, accumulating and interfering with cell activity and normal functioning in general.
Self-understanding is replaced by behavioral functioning, where one reinforces the desired response without a clue as to what responses are actually desirable and worth reinforcing in the first place.
To believe that a body, functioning in this way, is the creation of God, and at the same time to look on this God as a Being of absolute moral perfection, would seem a complete contradiction to the Hans Andersen child.
It is gradually enclosed by this, and evolves finally into that part of the finished eye which embodies the optical apparatus functioning according to purely physical laws.
Constitution has possessed capacity for growth in notable measure is evidenced by the simple fact of its survival and daily functioning in an environment so vastly different from that in which it was ordained and established by the American people.