functioning as

Ferromagnets -- which include the familiar bar magnets found on fridges or noticeboards -- contain electrons which interact with each other, each functioning as a tiny magnet to attract and repel, so that they all point in the same direction, giving the magnet its force.

Taiwan's airports and ports continued functioning as normal.

That sound - pulsing from speakers inside the cavernous fuel-handling plant - is a signal that everything is functioning as it should.

In no way am I arguing for prisons to continue functioning as public works programs.

Crack, she said, left him "agitated or high-strung, but at other times, functioning as well".