Definitions
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- noun computing, programming A
function which calls all the other functions of a certainprogram ; the only function that can be called independently. - noun computing, programming A
construct that performs amapping between entities atcompile time. - noun linguistics A
group ofgrammatical systems that makemeanings of a related kind.
Etymologies
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Examples
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They developed the ability to conjure entertaining visions and pseudomaterial manifestations, as well as many other refinements of the psychoenergetic metafunction that you of the Milieu term "creativity."
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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Felice's creative metafunction conjured two air masses of dissimilar pressure.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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They never evolved into operant metafunction, as the Firvulag did; instead they developed the mental amplifier you know as the golden torc, which made their latent metafunctions imperfectly operant and gave them a crude but satisfying simulacrum of psychounity-the "mind-family" relationship that you have observed among our people and among the golds and silvers and grays of this Many-Colored Land ...
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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But you and your genes for operant metafunction might just as easily be a potential lethal factor-as the Host of Nontusvel perceives you.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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You may be able to approach the gate without being detected-but I doubt that your creative metafunction would be able to operate within the taufield itself.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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You harness it with your creative metafunction; mold, compress, convert.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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He ignited the tip of his secret weapon with his creative metafunction.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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Alternatively, you can use the rule-matcher metafunction, which provides an easy way to completely match a root rule to a state.
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Alternatively, you can use the rule-matcher metafunction, which provides an easy way to completely match a root rule to a state.
Netvouz - new bookmarks laughingboy 2010
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"Prescience was not a metafunction that was understood in my time.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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