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fragile (frj'l, -l') Pronunciation Key
adj.
Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail.
Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate.
Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy: a fragile claim to fame.

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function (fngk'shn) Pronunciation Key
n.
The action for which a person or thing is particularly fitted or employed.

Assigned duty or activity.
A specific occupation or role: in my function as chief editor.
A variable so related to another that for each value assumed by one there is a value determined for the other.
A rule of correspondence between two sets such that there is a unique element in the second set assigned to each element in the first set.
An official ceremony or a formal social occasion.
Something closely related to another thing and dependent on it for its existence, value, or significance: Growth is a function of nutrition.
Abbr. f Mathematics
A variable so related to another that for each value assumed by one there is a value determined for the other.
A rule of correspondence between two sets such that there is a unique element in the second set assigned to each element in the first set.
Biology The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
Chemistry The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound, resulting from the presence of a specific functional group.
Computer Science A procedure within an application.

intr.v. functioned, functioning, functions
To have or perform a function; serve: functioned as ambassador