compound function

The specification method is based on functional decomposition of the equipment into atomic and compound functions.

Viral marketing is a compounding function.

Compounds functioning as adverbs are usually final-stressed:

It defines the set of generic atomic and compound functions and the set of rules how to combine them.

Several hospital pharmacies have decided to outsource high risk preparations and some other compounding functions to companies who specialize in compounding.

These pyridinylimidazole compounds function by targeting the ATP binding pocket.

For the production of fine chemicals, organolithium compounds function as strong bases and as reagents for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds.

The book sparked from a debate that started in 1981, when there was a meeting of physicists to try to decode some of the mysteries about how particles of particular elemental compounds function.

American analysts said recent intelligence showed that the compounds functioned under a loose command structure and were operated by groups of Arab, Pakistani and Afghan militants allied with Al Qaeda.

The equipment is then described by its Equipment Functional Specification (EFS) which lists the constituent atomic and compound functions, their interconnection, and any overall performance objectives (e.g., transfer delay, availability, etc.).

The pterin compound functions as a cofactor in enzyme catalysis and biogenic amines which include adrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin have functions that vary from the control of homeostasis to the management of cognitive tasks.

Ben Wisner argues that risk or disaster is 'a compound function of the natural hazard and the number of people, characterised by their varying degrees of vulnerability to that specific hazard, who occupy the space and time of exposure to the hazard event.'

When a string is plucked, it has intermittent periodical contact with the bridge; this intermittent grazing of the string and bridge is not a static process, as the points of contact will gradually shift, being a compound function of amplitude, the curvature of the bridge, and string tension.