Found 4 items, similar to Utility.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: utility
kegunaan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: utility
alat, kefaedaan, keperluan, manfaat, peralatan, perkakas
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: utility
utility
adj 1: used of beef; usable but inferior [syn:
utility(a),
utility-grade]
2: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a
team;
“a utility infielder” [syn:
utility(a),
substitute(a)]
utility
n 1: a company that performs a public service; subject to
government regulation [syn:
public utility,
public-service corporation
]
2: the quality of being of practical use [syn:
usefulness]
[ant:
inutility,
inutility]
3: the service provided by a utility company;
“the cost of
utilities never decreases”
4: (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any
situation involving choice
5: (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,
service program]
6: a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment
connected to or part of a structure and designed to
provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or
sewage disposal;
“the price of the house included all
utilities”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Utility
Utility
\U*til"i*ty\, n. [OE. utilite, F. utilit['e], L.
utilitas, fr. utilis useful. See
Utile.]
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1. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness;
production of good; profitableness to some valuable end;
as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the
sciences; the utility of medicines.
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The utility of the enterprises was, however, so
great and obvious that all opposition proved
useless. --Macaulay.
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2. (Polit. Econ.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants;
intrinsic value. See Note under
Value, 2.
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Value in use is utility, and nothing else, and in
political economy should be called by that name and
no other. --F. A.
Walker.
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3. Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the
greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism. --J.
S. Mill.
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Syn: Usefulness; advantageous; benefit; profit; avail;
service.
Usage:
Utility,
Usefulness. Usefulness has an Anglo-Saxon
prefix, utility is Latin; and hence the former is used
chiefly of things in the concrete, while the latter is
employed more in a general and abstract sense. Thus,
we speak of the utility of an invention, and the
usefulness of the thing invented; of the utility of an
institution, and the usefulness of an individual. So
beauty and utility (not usefulness) are brought into
comparison. Still, the words are often used
interchangeably.
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