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 # Utilities
-Class that produces a single `value: property`.
+Class or placeholder selectors that produces a single `value: property`.
 ```
 .u-color-black { color: black; }
 .u-flex { display: flex; }
 .u-pos-absolute { position: absolute; }
 ```
 
-_In some circumstances_ - like `mh` (`margin-left`, `margin-right`), a utility produces two properties.
+_In some circumstances_ - like `mh` (`margin-left`, `margin-right`), a utility produces two or more properties.
 ```
 .u-mh-auto {
   margin-left: auto;
@@ -14,6 +14,33 @@ _In some circumstances_ - like `mh` (`margin-left`, `margin-right`), a utility p
 }
 ```
 
+Utilities are "created" by passing a sass map (hence the double brackets) into the make-utility mixin:
+```
+@include make-utility((...));
+```
+The items in the map can include an __alias__ to determine the name of the utility, a __class__ flag which creates the utility as a class which is always included in the transpiled CSS and can be used in the HTML (rather than just a placeholder which _cannot_ be used in the HTML, and is only in the transpiled CSS if it gets extended), and a __set of CSS properties__.
+```
+@include make-utility((
+  alias: 'mh-auto',
+  class: true,
+  margin-left: auto,
+  margin-right: auto
+));
+```
+If an __alias__ is not included in the sass map, the first CSS property and value is used as the name of the utility, e.g.
+```
+@include make-utility((
+  height: 1px
+));
+```
+... can be used with:
+```
+@extend %u-height-1px;
+```
+
+See examples in the pre-existing utilties: [`/utilties/*.scss`](https://github.com/wearelighthouse/stemCSS/tree/master/utilities).
+
+
 # Objects
 Layouts objects - grids, containers, and helpful sets of classes like aspect-ratio etc.  
 Never *visual* - you can't picture an object because it has no colours. If it has _colours_ - it's _probably_ a component.  
@@ -41,3 +68,48 @@ Follow the *BEM* methodology for their children _where appropriate_.
   }
 }
 ```
+
+# Breakpoints
+
+### Defining Breakpoints
+These are defined in `settings/_breakpoints`, which includes:
+
+General breakpoints as sass variables - can simply be used anywhere you need them!
+```
+$breakpoint-minimum: 320px;
+$breakpoint-large: 1400px;
+```
+
+Breakpoints sass map (get merged with the following map, sans any special generation)
+```
+$global-breakpoints: (
+  landscape: 'screen and (orientation: landscape)',
+  portrait: 'screen and (orientation: portrait)'
+);
+```
+
+Breakpoints sass map with automatic --from and --upto generation
+```
+$global-breakpoints: map-merge($global-breakpoints, make-width-breakpoints((
+  small: 400px,
+  medium: 800px,
+  large: 1200px,
+)));
+```
+
+### Using Breakpoints
+
+##### iotaCSS style
+```
+@include breakpoint(from-medium) {
+  color: red;
+}
+```
+
+##### stemCSS style
+```
+@extend %u-color-red--from-medium;
+```
+The main advantage of using "stemCSS style" breakpoints are that they are extending placeholders, rather than requiring additional individual CSS rules (i.e. you cannot `@extend` a utility from within a standard iotaCSS breakpoint).
+
+If, for example for consistency, you wanted to restrict the available widths to only 0%, 50%, or 100%, and had created those options in the `_width.scss` utility, then using `@extend %u-width-60pc--from-medium` would fail, whereas `@include breakpoint(from-medium) { width: 60% }` would obviously not.