proper function

nounMathematics.

Origin of proper function

First recorded in 1930–35

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Her proper function, like Mary Magdalene's sister, Martha, is to wash feet.
We Miserable Catholics | Frank McCourt | December 19, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
In other words, what is the proper function of play, with respect not to youth merely, but to all mankind?
The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) | John Ruskin
The proper function of the teacher is to guide the student in developing along the two lines.
The Psychology of Singing | David C. Taylor
This natural gift must be developed by exercise in the ear's proper function,—listening to sounds.
The Psychology of Singing | David C. Taylor
As soon as food enters the stomach, its nerves are excited to perform their proper function of stimulating the muscles.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther Beecher

Each god exercised his own proper function in that tomb which was a reproduction in small of the regions of the other world.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges Perrot

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