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efficiency
/ɪˈfɪʃənsi/
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What does efficiency mean?
noun
- The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
- The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η.
- The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
More meanings (2)
noun
- A one-room apartment.
- (dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪˈfɪʃənsi/
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The fighting strength and efficiency of this horde of ferocious green monsters was equivalent to ten times their number of red men.
And Efficiency, smiling, thought that it was not such a bad compromise after all and that the Designer might well be satisfied.
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The fire of the enemy was promptly answered, and with such efficiency of aim as to be long remembered by the survivors.
This transcends both the efficiency which consists in supplying products to others and the culture which is an exclusive refinement and polish.
It has added economic cohesion to technical efficiency, and is to-day the largest technically efficient potential instrument of war in the world.