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  • 31Utility — This article is about the economic concept. For other uses, see Utility (disambiguation). Part of a series on Utilitarianism …

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  • 32utility — u•til•i•ty [[t]yuˈtɪl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties, adj. 1) the state or quality of being useful; usefulness 2) something useful; a useful thing 3) a public service, as the providing of electricity, gas, water, a telephone system, or bus and railroad… …

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  • 33Utility frequency — The waveform of 230 volt, 50 Hz compared with 110 V, 60 Hz. The utility frequency, (power) line frequency (American English) or mains frequency (British English) is the frequency at which alternating current (ac, also AC) is transmitted from a… …

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  • 34Utility bicycle — Batavus Contemporary utility bicycles A utility bicycle is a bicycle designed for practical transportation, as opposed to bicycles which are primarily designed for recreation and competition, such as touring bicycles, racing bicycles,… …

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  • 35Utility cycling — Cycling in Amsterdam Utility cyclists in …

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  • 36utility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) State of being useful Nouns utility; usefulness, efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, stead, avail, benefit; help, aid; convenience, availability; applicability, function, value; worth, goodness;… …

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  • 37utility — noun 1 usefulness ADJECTIVE ▪ great, high ▪ limited, low ▪ potential ▪ overall ▪ …

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  • 38Service Area —   The territory a utility system is required or has the right to supply electric service to ultimate customers.   ***   The territory in which a utility system or distributor is authorized to provide service to consumers.   U.S. Dept. of Energy,… …

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  • 39utility — /juˈtɪləti / (say yooh tiluhtee) noun (plural utilities) 1. the state or character of being useful. 2. something useful; a useful thing. 3. a public service, as a bus or railway service, gas or electricity supply, or the like. 4. Also, utility… …

  • 40service program — noun (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users • Syn: ↑utility program, ↑utility • Topics: ↑computer science,… …

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