Under Â§ 1505, however, a defendant can be convicted of obstruction of justice by obstructing a pending proceeding before Congress or a federal agency. A pending proceeding could include an informal investigation by an executive agency.
Piecewise is actually a way of expressing the function, rather than a characteristic of the function itself, but with additional qualification, it can describe the nature of the function.
(rÉªËfaÉªnmÉnt) n. 1. the act of refining or the state of being refined. 2. a fine or delicate point, distinction, or expression; a subtlety. 3. fineness or precision of thought, expression, manners, etc; polish or cultivation. 4. a device, change, adaptation, etc, designed to improve performance or increase efficiency.