Vacuous aimless function in meeting place? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ascot
'meeting place?' is the definition.
'ascot' can be an answer for 'meeting' (horse racing meeting). I'm not sure about the 'place?' bit.
'vacuous aimless function' is the wordplay.
'vacuous' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'function' becomes 'cot' (short for cotagent, a mathematical function).
'aimless' with its middle removed is 'as'.
'as'+'cot'='ASCOT'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ascot that I've seen before include "Famous racecourse" , "Racing to the strange coast" , "English course" , "English racecourse in Berkshire" , "Berkshire race course" .)