state function
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After his Oireachtas address, President Biden will be the evening guest of honour at a state function in Dublin Castle, the former seat of British power in Ireland.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023
In this view, public health and safety is solely a state function.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2022
Similar to other thermodynamic properties, this new quantity is a state function, so its change depends only upon the initial and final states of a system.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
It was just a complete disintegration of state function.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2015
During the same day His Royal Highness attended a great state function in the laying of the foundation of St. Thomas' Hospital by the Queen in person.
From The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V by J. Castell (John Castell) Hopkins
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