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state function

noun

  1. physics a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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Because the public service prioritized the funeral as state function over the utility of burial, Croft’s Burial Service here is more an appeal to tradition rather than a liturgical and religious need.

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The same slide that calls for abolition of the Department of Education because “education is a state function†also describes a litany of curriculum items that school systems must and must not teach.

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In this view, public health and safety is solely a state function.

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“The regulation of medical practice is a state function, not a federal one,†she wrote.

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