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Definition: Availability |
AvailabilityNoun1. The quality of being at hand when needed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Availability |
Electrical Engineering | The state of an item of being able to perform its required function. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A state in which an installation can be energised immediately any time. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The number of trunks to which a selector has access. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Energy | Describes the reliability of power plants. It refers to the number of hours that a power plant is available to produce power divided by the total hours in a set time period, usually a year. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | The maximum fraction of energy in a system which, in the presence of a medium at a given temperature T o, can be converted into useful work during a process at the end of which the syste m temperature is T o. Source: European Union. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Capability of systems to function. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | The condition of a person, a service, an item or other resource to perform the expected or required function at a given moment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
1. The degree to which a system, subsystem, or equipment is operable and in a committable state at the start of a mission, when the mission is called for at an unknown, i.e., a random, time.
Note 1: The conditions determining operability and committability must be specified.
Note 2: Expressed mathematically, availability is 1 minus the unavailability.
2. The ratio of (a) the total time a functional unit is capable of being used during a given interval to (b) the length of the interval.
Note 1: An example of availability is 100/168 if the unit is capable of being used for 100 hours in a week.
Note 2: Typical availability objectives are specified either in decimal fractions, such as 0.9998, or sometimes in a logarithmic unit called nines, which corresponds roughly to a number of nines following the decimal point, such as "five nines" for 0.99999 reliability.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C in support of MIL-STD-188
See also:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Availability."
Synonyms: AvailabilitySynonyms: accessibility (n), availableness (n), handiness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inaccessibility (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Availability |
| English words defined with "availability": Availabilities ♦ command ♦ deflate ♦ higher cognitive process ♦ inflate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "availability": Reliability, Availability, Serviceability. (references) |
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Screenplays | You know, we make a pretty good team together, your availability and my attractiveness. (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster) | |
Clever | Availability is better than ability for God. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Sign advertising availability of a head boat at Point Judith. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Crop consultant draws a soil sample early in the crop year to test nitrogen availability in the soil. This late spring nitrogen test is meant to decide whether and how much nitrogen the growing crop needs for optimum production; only the amount of nitroge. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | To ensure continuing worldwide availability of this valuable food staple, potato plant breeders must unite desirable processing and fresh-market characteristics with late blight resistance. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | The Agricultural Research Service is committed to improving human nutritional status through research. Primary goals are to expand knowledge of the nutrients found in foods, their functions and interactions, and their biological availability, and to precisely define the nutrient needs of people of all ages. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | Off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 7 February 1943, following post-shakedown availability and repainting. Credit: NAVY. |  | Pre-World War I advertising card, picturing the yacht and describing her availability for charter. She served as USS Hydraulic (SP-2584) in 1918-19. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Capability and availability. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | This faith, more than anything else, steals the pith and availability out of whatever enterprise he may dream of undertaking. |
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Health | Lifting constraints on condom availability (e.g., in correctional facilities). (references) | |
A multidisciplinary approach and 24-hour availability of care must be a part of all systems. (references) | ||
State law should mandate the availability of these services while permitting parental refusal. (references) | ||
Business | Local companies dominate because of availability of local raw materials. (references) | |
U.S. equipment enjoys high popularity because of easier availability of product information. (references) | ||
Most products are appreciated because of availability, quality, price and after-sale services. (references) | ||
Children | Japan | The law has reduced the open availability of child pornography. (references) |
India | Medical care is free to all citizens; however, availability and quality are problems, particularly in rural areas. (references) | |
Indonesia | Low-cost medical care is available, although access and availability sometimes are sporadic, especially in rural areas. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Liberia | Newspaper availability fluctuated during the year. (references) |
Kiribati | High costs limited the availability of foreign print media and Internet access, but there were no Government-imposed limitations. (references) | |
Macau | In October 2000, the Government initiated a 2-year plan to subsidize local print media to enable them to compete better with the increased availability of Hong Kong newspapers. (references) | |
Economic History | Cape Verde | The cost, productivity, and availability of labor is favorable. (references) |
Guatemala | They also consider the availability of training and support services. (references) | |
Laos | These reforms led to economic growth and an increased availability of goods. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | This has reduced significantly the availability and timeliness of legal aid for such prisoners. (references) |
Portugal | In addition the report mentioned the widespread availability of illicit drugs, especially at Custoias, the central prison in Porto. (references) | |
Minorities | Croatia | An ongoing problem was the availability of weapons left over from the war, including firearms and explosives, which were used in incidents of harassment during the year. (references) |
Political Economy | CHILE | Import decisions are typically related to price competitiveness and product availability. (references) |
NORWAY | Labor availability remains limited by Norway's small 4.5 million population and a restrictive immigration policy. (references) | |
HONG KONG | Customs officials have conducted numerous raids, but these actions have had little impact on the overall availability of counterfeit goods. (references) | |
Political Rights | Mauritania | Although voters in theory could take the unused cards out of the polling place with them, the ready availability of many unused cards on the floor makes the cards worthless as evidence of how a voter has voted and effectively eliminates the potential for abuse in such a multiple ballot system. (references) |
Trade | Australia | Exporters should seek counseling on availability. (references) |
Cyprus | In general, there has never been a real problem with credit availability in Cyprus. (references) | |
Travel | France | To ensure availability, advance appointments are recommended. (references) |
Ghana | Depending on the availability of overland lines, connections can take a week to two months. (references) | |
Korea | Airport buses and taxis are widely available, though availability may be limited late in the evening. (references) | |
Women | Bolivia | Public agencies state that reports of abuse have increased markedly as a result of these laws, as citizens have become more aware of the problem and of the availability of help. (references) |
Worker Rights | Russia | Accepted social prohibitions against the employment of children and the availability of adult workers at low wages generally prevent widespread abuse of child labor legislation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Availability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Availability" is used about 1,893 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.95% | 1,892 | 4,520 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.05% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,893 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "availability": Biological Availability ♦ observed availability. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "availability": availability-for-work. | |
Ending with "availability": high-availability, non-availability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "availability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vlefshmëri (force, validity), mundësi sigurimi, disponueshmëri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متاحية, تيسر, توفر, أمل بالنجاح فى الإنتخابات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | годност (adequacy, fitness, navigability), наличност (effective, presence, stock, supply), пригодност (aptitude, aptness, qualification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可及性 (Accessibility, Availabilities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | použitelnost (practicability), dostupnost, dosažitelnost (attainability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | availability, tilgaengelighed (accessibility), tilgængelighed (access, accessibility), raadighedsgrad (degree of availability), raadighed, rådighed (tenure), fremkommelighed (unsuccessful calls ratio), exergi (exergy), disponibilitet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | toegankelijkheid (accessibility), gereed voor inschakelen, exergie (exergy), continuïteit (continuity), beschikbaarheidsgraad, beschikbaarheid, beschikbaar (available). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ulottuvuus (dimension, extent, measurement, range), toimintakelpoisuustila, saatavuus, käytettävyys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | disponibilité (degree of availability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verfügbarkeit (disposability), Verwendbarkeit (usability), Käuflichkeit (corruptibility, purchasability, venality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαθεσιμότητα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זמי ות (cashability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | érvényesség (force, validity), hozzáférhetőség (access, accessibility), felhasználhatóság (adaptability), elérhetőség (accessibility, reach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ketersediaan, kesediaan (readiness, willingness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | disponibilit (disposability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 有効 (effectiveness, validity), アヘン中' (abort, aperitif, append, appetizer, Ave Maria, avenue, average, average golfer, avocado, axolotl, back-to-back homeruns, edible salamander, Hail Mary, Mexican walking fish, neotonous salamander, opium poisoning, together, with someone), 可"性 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かようせい (fusibility, solubility), ゆう"う (amity, companionship, effectiveness, fragrance, friendship, merit, validity, wander), アベイラ"リティ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 가용도 (Availabilities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feddynaght (inventiveness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | availabilityay disponibilidade (degree of availability). (various references) valabilitate (currency, force, lawfulness, legality, proof, validity), utilitate (avail, convenience, expedience, expediency, service, use, usefulness, utility), perspective (expectation, outlook, prospect), folosire (application, duty, employment, practice, usage, use, utilization), existenţã (being, existence, life, living, presence, reality, subsistence), disponibilitate (reserve). (various references) наличие (existence, presence), пригодность (aptitude, aptness, fitness, serviceableness, suitability, usableness), полезность (helpfulness, salutariness, subservience, usefulness, utility). (various references) prednost (advantage, antecedents, lead, one up, precedence, preference), korist (avail, behalf, benefit, boon, interest, prize, profit, sake, stead, utility, value), izbor (adoption, assortment, choice, election, option, pick, pick of, selection). (various references) razpolago. (various references) disponibilidad (readiness). (various references) tillgänglighet (accessibility, affability). (various references) mevcut olma, müsait olma, hazır bulunma (attendance, on deck, presence), geçerlilik (currency, effectiveness, force, soundness, validity), geçerlik (currency, effectiveness, validity), bulunma. (various references) корисність (profitability, profitableness, serviceableness, usefulness, utility), наявність, придатність (applicability, aptitude, feasibility, fitness, serviceableness, suitability, validity), популярність (celebrity, fame, note, popularity, publicity, renown, repute, vogue), перспективність. (various references) tính sẵn s ng để dùng (availableness), tính có thể dùng được sự có thể kiếm được (availableness), tính ích lợi (availableness), sự có thể mua được (availableness), sự có thể có được sự có hiệu lực (availableness), sự có giá trị tính có lợi (availableness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "availability": bioavailability, interavailability, nonavailability, unavailability. (additional references) | |
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"Availability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: availabilitiy, availabiltiy, availabilty, availablity, availbility, availiability, availiablity, availibility, avalaibility, avaliability, avoidability. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "availability" (pronounced uvā'lubi"lutē) |
| 11 | u v ā' l u b i" l u t ē | unavailability. |
| 8 | -l u b i" l u t ē | fallibility, gullibility, infallibility. |
| 7 | -u b i" l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, believability, capability, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, sensibility, stability, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, transferability, unpredictability, unreliability, variability, viability, visibility, vulnerability. |
| 6 | -b i" l u t ē | immobility, mobility, nobility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-i-i-i-l-l-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: livability. | |
-3 letters: availably, liability, viability. | |
-4 letters: lability. | |
-5 letters: ability, vitally. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-i-i-i-l-l-t-v-y" | |
+2 letters: unavailability. | |
+3 letters: bioavailability, nonavailability. | |
+5 letters: interavailability. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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