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1Useful — Use ful, a. Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a… …
2useful — usefully, adv. usefulness, n. /yoohs feuhl/, adj. 1. being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society. 2. of practical use, as for doing work; producing material results;… …
3useful — adjective Date: 1595 1. capable of being put to use; especially serviceable for an end or purpose < useful tools > 2. of a valuable or productive kind < do something useful with your life > • usefully adverb …
4Useful arts — (also called technics) are concerned with the skills and methods of practical subjects such as manufacture and craftsmanship. The word has now gone out of fashion, but it was coined during the Victorian era as an antonym to the performing arts… …
5Useful idiot (disambiguation) — Useful idiot may refer to:Entertainment* Useful Idiot , a song by progressive rock band Tool from their 1996 album Ænima * Useful Idiots , a novel by Jan MarkPolitics*Useful idiot, a political term used during the Cold War …
6Useful Island — (coord|64|43|S|62|52|W|) is an island 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Rongé Island, with a string of rocks between, lying in Gerlache Strait off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897 99, under Adrien… …
7Useful idiot — In political jargon, the term useful idiot was used to describe Soviet sympathizers in western countries and the alleged attitude of the Soviet government towards them. The implication was that though the person in question naïvely thought… …
8Useful Jew — The term useful Jew was used in various historical contexts, typically describing a Jewish person useful in implementing an official authorities policy, sometimes by oppressing other Jews. * In 1744, Frederick II of Prussia introduced the… …
9Useful conversions and formulas for air dispersion modeling — Various governmental agencies involved with environmental protection and with occupational safety and health have promulgated regulations limiting the allowable concentrations of gaseous pollutants in the ambient air or in emissions to the… …
10Useful space principle — The Useful Space Principle, or USP , was first articulated in a series of six articles in The Bridge World, from November 1980 through April 1981. (The International Bridge Press Association awarded its 1981/1982 award for Best Article or Series… …
