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TOPIK 6noun

가동률

gadongnyul [가동뉼]

가동률이 · 가동률을

operating rate, capacity utilization

Example

주문이 줄어서 공장 가동률이 70%로 떨어졌어요.

Orders dropped, so the factory's operating rate fell to 70 percent.

Word parts

가 work동 move률 rate

Literally 'running rate'; 가동 means a machine or plant is running.

Good to know

Pronounced [가동뉼]; the suffix 'rate' is written 률 after a consonant, but 율 after a vowel or ㄴ.