Definition of Erlang

1. Noun. A unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system.

Generic synonyms: Telephone Unit

Definition of Erlang

1. Noun. (communication) A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erlang

eriophyids
erisophake
eristalis
eristic
eristical
eristically
eristicophin
eristics
eritoran
eritrea
erization
erk
erke
erl-king
erl-kings
erlang (current term)
erlangs
erlenmeyer flask
erlenmeyer flask deformity
erlenmeyer flask mnemonic
erlianite
erlichmanite
erlizumab
erlking
erlkings
erlosamide
erlotinib
ermGT methylase
erme
ermelin

Literary usage of Erlang

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1912)
"Schmidt, GC erlang. PS. Md. S. Sb. 29 (1898) 10-; A. Pe. bismuth. .... Wiede- mann, E., it Schmidt, GC [1895-96] erlang. Ps. Md. S. Sb. 27 (1896) 104-; ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The use of the temporal sword is said to have been originated by erlang, Bishop of Würzburg, 1106 to 1121, but its heraldic use is not nearly so ancient. ..."

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