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From: mike@mipos3.UUCP (Michael Bruck)
Newsgroups: soc.misc
Subject: Re: Down with engineerlish!
Message-ID: <196@mipos3.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 17:49:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 26 17:49:07 1986
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In article <5528@decwrl.DEC.COM> cherson@nonode.dec.com (David Cherson, WOO/D89 - 236-2229) writes:
>I was under the impression that "functionality" was a legal English word, until
>I was challenged to find it in a dictionary. I could not.  (Is there anyone who
>has a dictionary which *does* define it?)  

On page 498 of Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1984:

Functional (adj) 1a: of, connected with, or being a function  b: affecting
physiological or psychological functions but not organic structure
<~ heart disease>  2: used to contribute to the development or maintenance
of a larger whole <~ and practical school courses>; also: designed and
developed chiefly from the point of view of use <~ clothing>  3: performing 
or able to perform a regular function -- functionality (n) functionally (adv)

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