a function of
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1
: something (such as a quality or measurement) that is related to and changes with (something else)
Height is a function of age in children. It increases as their age increases.
2
: something that results from (something else)
His personal problems are a function of his drinking.
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Using this framework gives you a unique power to quantify risk as a function of breach likelihood and potential losses.
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Siranjeevi Dheenadhayalan, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Instead, the court agreed to decide if the fuel producers – as a function of selling less fuel because more electric vehicles are on the road – were injured by the EPA’s waiver.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, as a function of it pulling away from Earth, its disk size will have shrunk by nearly one-third.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The Role of Religion Culturally, there are still problematic conflations of yoga as religion or as a function of religious dogma that preclude many from practicing yoga.
—Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
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Siranjeevi Dheenadhayalan, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Instead, the court agreed to decide if the fuel producers – as a function of selling less fuel because more electric vehicles are on the road – were injured by the EPA’s waiver.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, as a function of it pulling away from Earth, its disk size will have shrunk by nearly one-third.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The Role of Religion Culturally, there are still problematic conflations of yoga as religion or as a function of religious dogma that preclude many from practicing yoga.
—Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
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“A function of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20function%20of. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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