different between cellulose vs utility

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cellulose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?lj?l??z/

Noun

cellulose (countable and uncountable, plural celluloses)

1. A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.
2. (organic chemistry) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.

Synonyms

• E460 when used as an emulsifier

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cellophane
• celluloid
• pentosan

Adjective

cellulose (not comparable)

1. Consisting of, or containing, cells.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cellulose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.ly?lo?.z?/
• Hyphenation: cel?lu?lo?se
• Rhymes: -o?z?

Noun

cellulose f (plural celluloses)

1. cellulose (complex carbohydrate)

Derived terms

• cellulosederivaat

French

Etymology

cellule (“small cell”) +? -ose

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.ly.loz/

Noun

cellulose f (uncountable)

1. cellulose

References

• “cellulose” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

Further reading

• “cellulose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

cellulose

1. feminine plural of celluloso

Noun

cellulose f

1. plural of cellulosa

English

Etymology

utile +? -ity, from Old French utilitet (“usefulness”), from Latin ?tilit?s, from uti (“to use”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju??t?l.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

utility (countable and uncountable, plural utilities)

1. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
2. Something that is useful.
3. (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
4. (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
5. (business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
6. (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software.

   I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.

   • 1982, InfoWorld (volume 4, number 10, page 35)

     The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.

7. (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.

Antonyms

• disutility
• inutility

Derived terms

• beautility
• multiutility
• utilitarian

Translations

Adjective

utility

1. Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.

   utility line; utility bill

2. Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace, water tank/heater, circuit breaker, and/or air conditioning unit; and often equipped with hookups for laundry equipment (washer/dryer).

   utility room

Synonyms

• (state of being useful): usefulness, note
• See also Thesaurus:utility

Spanish

Noun

utility m (plural utilitys)

1. (sports) utility