"functionalize" meaning in English

See functionalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-functionalize.wav Forms: functionalizes [present, singular, third-person], functionalizing [participle, present], functionalized [participle, past], functionalized [past]
Etymology: From functional + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|functional|ize}} functional + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} functionalize (third-person singular simple present functionalizes, present participle functionalizing, simple past and past participle functionalized)
  1. (transitive) To provide (something) with a function. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-functionalize-en-verb-eDoj11fB Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 40 49
  2. (transitive, organic chemistry) To add a functional group to (a compound). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-functionalize-en-verb-M~YN-gSt Categories (other): Organic chemistry, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 40 49 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  3. (transitive, programming) To adapt into a form that uses functional programming. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-functionalize-en-verb-8vEJR4TQ Categories (other): Programming, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 39 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 17 34 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 40 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 36 46 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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