a term used in analytics for an algebraical expression any how compounded of a certain letter or quantity with other quantities or numbers; and the expression is said to be a function of that letter or quantity. Thus $a - 4x$, or $ax + 3x^2$, or $2x - a\sqrt{a^2 - x^2}$, or $x^2$, or $e^x$, is each of them a function of the quantity $x$.

**FURD-v-Huckbecut**, in Bengal, signifies a paper of description.

**Furo-y-Sowal**, paper of request.