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- noun Plural form of
ility .
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Examples
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But De Gay knows from experience that soldiers will leave new gadgets behind if they don't help with the "ilities," military parlance for survivability, mobility and lethality.
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SOA promises many "- ilities": greater agility, flexibility, and reusability.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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"ilities" and systemic qualities come to mind such as security, and that's before looking at any detailed breakdown of functional services.
Sun Bloggers 2009
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"ilities" and systemic qualities come to mind such as security, and that's before looking at any detailed breakdown of functional services.
Sun Bloggers 2009
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It had exceeded all but one of its goals for the “ilities”—reliability, maintainability, availability.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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Most involved what insiders called the “ilities”—reliability, availability, maintainability—measures of how hard it would be for the Marines to keep the Osprey ready to fly in the field.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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Most involved what insiders called the “ilities”—reliability, availability, maintainability—measures of how hard it would be for the Marines to keep the Osprey ready to fly in the field.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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It had exceeded all but one of its goals for the “ilities”—reliability, maintainability, availability.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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It had exceeded all but one of its goals for the “ilities”—reliability, maintainability, availability.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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Oh, and BTW, affordability and safety and all those ilities are just guidance.
Response to Griffin Transition Team Comments - NASA Watch 2008
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