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.
hastier; hastiest. Learner's definition of HASTY. [also more hasty; most hasty] 1. a : done or made very quickly. I made a hasty sketch of the scene. Seeing the dog, the cat made/beat a hasty retreat up a tree.