state functionn.

Brit.

/ˌsteɪt ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃn/, U.S.

/ˌsteɪt ˈfəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: state n., function n.

Etymology: < state n. + function n.

1. A function or duty of the State, or of a state.

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1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. VI. anno 1626 126 If any be brought to be a Member of this great Body, who is not qualified to the Performance of such State Functions, it must needs prejudice the whole Body.

1834 E. Smedley Hist. Reformed Relig. in France III. xxiii. 184 He so far availed himself of that high protection as to obtain a cardinal's hat during the life of his patron, and to be nominated successor to his state functions at his decease.

1850 Bk. World (ed. 2) I. 401 The supreme government..did not scruple to suspend all state functions, and by centralizing power, converted the states into departments.

1914 Pop. Sci. Oct. 396 The city government is not only an organ for the satisfaction of local needs, but an agent of the state for the performance of state functions.

1975 ABA Jrnl. June 704/2 A declaration that automobile insurance reform legislation is a state function and that federal intervention will occur only when particular states fail to meet the needs of their citizens.

2012 Express (Nexis) 27 July (Features section) 17 When a state function is outsourced from the civil service to the private sector..the profiteers run rings round the jobsworths.

2. A formal event of national importance, typically involving grand ceremonies and attended by the head of state, leading members of the government, etc.; cf. state occasion n. at state n. Compounds 3a. Also occasionally (U.S.): a formal event of significance to a state (state n. 29a).

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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > state ceremony or formality

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1884 London Reader 5 July 239/1 The death of the Duke of Albany is the immediate cause of the curtailment of the usual State functions this season.

1896 Daily Mail 25 May 4/6 Mr. Malcolm.., who has gone to the coronation at Moscow, is to appear at all the State functions in full Highland dress.

1937 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 17 Jan. 1/4 The beautiful residence which saw formal state functions and gayety, the home life of the state's first family.

1967 Times 18 Nov. (Saturday Review) 8/1 The present Houses of Parliament are so utterly unsuitable for their purpose that they should be turned over to pageantry, state functions, and Government entertaining.

1975 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 16 Feb. 4 a/3 The choir has performed for audiences throughout Ohio, at the State Fair and for numerous state functions.

2008 T. Jacobsen Lost Goddesses 184 Queen Kossamak's duties included hosting state functions, which almost always included performances of the royal ballet corps.

3. Physics. A thermodynamic quantity, such as pressure or temperature, that has a unique value for each state of a system irrespective of how that state was reached. Contrasted with point function.

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1873 J. W. Gibbs in Trans. Connecticut Acad Arts & Sci. 2 310 The quantities v, p, t, ε and η are determined when the state of the body is given, and it may be permitted to call them functions of the state of the body.]

1948 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 195 172 We have derived expansions for the algebraically lowest energy eigenvalue of the Hamiltonian H and for the corresponding state-function, representing a free electron at rest.

1986 P. W. Atkins Physical Chem. (ed. 3) vi. 123 The fact that H, G, and A are state functions can be used to derive three more Maxwell relations.

2007 J. T. Yates & J. K. Johnson Molecular Physical Chem. for Engineers i. 12 We will employ a definition of another thermodynamic state function, the entropy S, to define the second law.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	state function
释义	state functionn. Brit. /ˌsteɪt ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃn/, U.S. /ˌsteɪt ˈfəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: state n., function n. Etymology: < state n. + function n. 1. A function or duty of the State, or of a state. ΚΠ 1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. VI. anno 1626 126 If any be brought to be a Member of this great Body, who is not qualified to the Performance of such State Functions, it must needs prejudice the whole Body. 1834 E. Smedley Hist. Reformed Relig. in France III. xxiii. 184 He so far availed himself of that high protection as to obtain a cardinal's hat during the life of his patron, and to be nominated successor to his state functions at his decease. 1850 Bk. World (ed. 2) I. 401 The supreme government..did not scruple to suspend all state functions, and by centralizing power, converted the states into departments. 1914 Pop. Sci. Oct. 396 The city government is not only an organ for the satisfaction of local needs, but an agent of the state for the performance of state functions. 1975 ABA Jrnl. June 704/2 A declaration that automobile insurance reform legislation is a state function and that federal intervention will occur only when particular states fail to meet the needs of their citizens. 2012 Express (Nexis) 27 July (Features section) 17 When a state function is outsourced from the civil service to the private sector..the profiteers run rings round the jobsworths. 2. A formal event of national importance, typically involving grand ceremonies and attended by the head of state, leading members of the government, etc.; cf. state occasion n. at state n. Compounds 3a. Also occasionally (U.S.): a formal event of significance to a state (state n. 29a). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > state ceremony or formality protocol1874 state function1884 1884 London Reader 5 July 239/1 The death of the Duke of Albany is the immediate cause of the curtailment of the usual State functions this season. 1896 Daily Mail 25 May 4/6 Mr. Malcolm.., who has gone to the coronation at Moscow, is to appear at all the State functions in full Highland dress. 1937 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 17 Jan. 1/4 The beautiful residence which saw formal state functions and gayety, the home life of the state's first family. 1967 Times 18 Nov. (Saturday Review) 8/1 The present Houses of Parliament are so utterly unsuitable for their purpose that they should be turned over to pageantry, state functions, and Government entertaining. 1975 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 16 Feb. 4 a/3 The choir has performed for audiences throughout Ohio, at the State Fair and for numerous state functions. 2008 T. Jacobsen Lost Goddesses 184 Queen Kossamak's duties included hosting state functions, which almost always included performances of the royal ballet corps. 3. Physics. A thermodynamic quantity, such as pressure or temperature, that has a unique value for each state of a system irrespective of how that state was reached. Contrasted with point function. ΚΠ 1873 J. W. Gibbs in Trans. Connecticut Acad Arts & Sci. 2 310 The quantities v, p, t, ε and η are determined when the state of the body is given, and it may be permitted to call them functions of the state of the body.] 1948 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 195 172 We have derived expansions for the algebraically lowest energy eigenvalue of the Hamiltonian H and for the corresponding state-function, representing a free electron at rest. 1986 P. W. Atkins Physical Chem. (ed. 3) vi. 123 The fact that H, G, and A are state functions can be used to derive three more Maxwell relations. 2007 J. T. Yates & J. K. Johnson Molecular Physical Chem. for Engineers i. 12 We will employ a definition of another thermodynamic state function, the entropy S, to define the second law. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1751
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