functionality

noun

(uncountable) The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.

(US, law, uncountable) In trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function other than the identification of the product, preventing that design from being protected as a trademark.

(organic chemistry, countable) The presence of a functional group.

Roots

fungorfunct- · Latin · perform, function

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