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Perfunctorily
Perfunctorily Per*func"to*ri*ly, adv. In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly. --Boyle.
Perfunctoriness
Perfunctoriness Per*func"to*ri*ness, n. The quality or state of being perfunctory.
Perfunctory
Perfunctory Per*func"to*ry, a. [L. perfunctorius, fr. perfunctus dispatched, p. p. of perfungi to discharge, dispatch; per (see Per) + fungi to perform. See Function.] 1. Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions. --Macaulay. 2. Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless. ``Perfunctory in his devotions.' --Sharp.

Meaning of Functor from wikipedia

- In mathematics, specifically category theory, a functor is a mapping between categories. Functors were first considered in algebraic topology, where algebraic...
- up functor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A functor, in mathematics, is a map between categories. Functor may also refer to: Predicate functor in...
- relationship that two functors may exhibit, intuitively corresponding to a weak form of equivalence between two related categories. Two functors that stand in...
- like the strongly related notions of universal properties and adjoint functors, exist at a high level of abstraction. In order to understand them, it...
- In functional programming, a functor is a design pattern inspired by the definition from category theory that allows one to apply a function to values...
- is a fundamental result in category theory. It is an abstract result on functors of the type morphisms into a fixed object. It is a vast generalisation...
- In mathematics, a group functor is a group-valued functor on the category of commutative rings. Although it is typically viewed as a generalization of...
- particularly homological algebra, an exact functor is a functor that preserves short exact sequences. Exact functors are convenient for algebraic calculations...
- category theory, a representable functor is a certain functor from an arbitrary category into the category of sets. Such functors give representations of an...
- of final functor (resp. initial functor) is a generalization of the notion of final object (resp. initial object) in a category. A functor F : C → D...