the act of using; " he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; " skilled in the utilization of computers"

the state of having been made use of; " the rate of utilization"

The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

7. Any economic blockade imposed by one signatory as against another shall be lifted and trade relations shall be established, subject to a program of equitable distribution of supplies and utilization of transport facilities to be agreed upon by the conference in consultation with representatives of those neutral States which are prepared to assume the responsibility for the provisioning of Russia. – The Bullitt Mission to Russia by William C. Bullitt

Loss due to the utilization of a portion of the heat in heating the moisture contained in the fuel from the temperature of the atmosphere to 212 degrees; to evaporate it at that temperature and to superheat the steam thus formed to the temperature of the flue gases. – Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Co.

In the beginning, it had the maximum of possible utilization of energy: this mutability has gone on diminishing unceasingly. – Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson

Utilization of extracts of luminous animals containing the luciferin and luciferase mentioned above avoids the complications due to muscular contraction. – The Nature of Animal Light by E. Newton Harvey

The general objective, on the contrary, is to move forward to find the way in time of peace to the full utilization and development of our physical and human resources that were demonstrated so effectively in the war. – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various

A step in this direction has been suggested by Mr. R. T. Bodey, Inspector of Elementary Schools, at a meeting of the Liverpool branch of the Eugenics Education Society: Education facilities should be carefully distributed with regard to the scientific likelihood of their utilization to the maximum of national advantage, and this not for economic reasons only, but because it was cruel to drag children from their own to a different sphere of life, and cruel to the class they deserted. – The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis

In both the home and the school the child should be taught the proper care and utilization of money. – Problems in American Democracy by Thames Ross Williamson

But no, my father had dedicated me to the Goddess of Science from before my very birth; that I might some day be better equipped than he for the pursuit, capture, and utilization of Nature's sterner secrets. – Peter Ibbetson by George Du Maurier

Figure 3 exhibits the principal advantage of the Stangenkunst, in its utilization to connect a waterwheel located in a valley stream to driven machinery on the mountain some distance above. – Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later by Robert P. Multhauf

Other services for the country residents are pretty largely up to the owner as to their utilization and type. – A Living from the Land by William B. Duryee