function-related process meta-functioning process For example, the 'to vaporize' function of the boiler is to perform a meta-function to enable for the 'to rotate' function of the turbine. The meta-functions are result of teleological interpretation of causal relations among base-functions of different components (i.e., inter-components relations). Meta-functioning process is a type of function-related process that executes a function for another function. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-0346(02)00006-XK