(mathematics) A function to be maximized or minimized in optimization theory.

(game theory) A mathematical function that assigns a real number to every element of the outcome space in a way that captures the agent's preferences over both simple and compound lotteries.

(game theory) A mathematical function describing the award given to a single player at the outcome of a game.

plural of restricted function

plural of cylinder function

plural of logistic function

plural of entire function

plural of complementary function

(mathematics) Any function whose values remain bounded by some constant.

(linguistics) A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, such as prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, or conjunctions.