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IN USE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does in use mean?
• IN USE (adjective)
The adjective IN USE has 2 senses:
1. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; ('engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
2. currently being used
Familiarity information: IN USE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; ('engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
Synonyms:
Context example:
kept getting a busy signal
Similar:
occupied (held or filled or in use)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Currently being used
Context example:
robots are in use throughout industry
Similar:
used (employed in accomplishing something)
Context examples
A terminology codelist for the test name of the test or examination used to obtain the measurement or finding of the device in use.
(CDISC SDTM Device-In-Use Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The Duroc breed is also one of the largest sized breeds in use in biomedical research but its size and temperament make it a less popular choice in research.
(Duroc Pig, NCI Thesaurus)
This is one of the largest breeds in use in biomedical research.
(Landrace Pig, NCI Thesaurus)
No longer in use or valid; old.
(Obsolete, NCI Thesaurus)
A numeric result derived from the BLAST raw score which is normalized to the statistical parameters of the scoring system in use.
(BLAST Bit Score, NCI Thesaurus)
A terminology codelist for the test code of the test or examination used to obtain the measurement or finding of the device in use.
(CDISC SDTM Device-In-Use Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The cardiac lead has been left in situ but is not in use.
(Abandoned Lead, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
During the study period, 2000–2013, there was a substantial rise in use of platinum-based chemotherapy agents, from 57 percent of patients in 2000–2001, to 81 percent of patients in 2012–2013.
(Study finds elevated risk of certain rare blood cancers after chemotherapy for most solid tumors, National Institutes of Health)
Terminology related to the version of the SEND implementation guide that is in use for the study.
(CDISC SEND Version Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
More work is needed to determine whether some replacement bisphenols might be safer than others, noting that there are dozens of such chemicals now in use.
(Reproductive Problems Reported In Lab Mice after BPA Replacements in Plastics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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