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functor
(func|tor)
Pronunciation:
/ˈfʌŋktə/
noun
1
Logic
&
Mathematics
a function; an operator.
2
Linguistics
another term for
function word
.
Origin:
1930s
: from
function
, on the pattern of words such as
factor
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