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utilization|juːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
Also -isation.
[a. F. utilisation (1812): see next and -ation.]
1. The action of utilizing; the fact of being utilized.
1847Webster. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. (1909) 57 A man of genius, but of genius that evaded utilization. 1881Sir W. Thomson in Nature XXIV. 434 The utilisation of tidal energy. 1894Grant Allen in Westm. Gaz. 12 June 2/1 The whole history of the human race on earth is a continuous history of successive utilisations.
2. Comb., as utilization factor, the proportion of a given resource which is being used or is available for use.
1921A. P. Trotter Elem. Illumination Engin. viii. 81 The ratio of the flux of light which reaches the working plane, whether directly or by reflection, to the whole flux of light from a lamp, is called the utilization factor, or coefficient of utilization. 1982IEEE Jrnl. Solid-State Circuits XVII. 671/1 A gate utilization factor of ∼ 95 percent has been achieved in programming the gate array. |