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efficiency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | skillfulness |
| Has types | economy |
| Derivation | efficient |
she did the work with great efficiency.
efficiency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ratio |
| Has types | figure of merit |
Examples of efficiency
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The efficiency gains in gene mapping are leading to new uses for the technology.
From the businessweek.com
The insight is knowing what mechanisms lead you from efficiency to inefficiency.
From the time.com
The team are now aiming to boost the efficiency to a commercially viable figure.
From the newscientist.com
Neither of these options comes anywhere close to maximizing economic efficiency.
From the economist.com
If we see nothing substantial on green investment, energy efficiency grants etc.
From the guardian.co.uk
Westbrook's usual efficiency and command has been flighty since spring training.
From the stltoday.com
Efficiency doesn't always mean closing a school or merging districts, Koch said.
From the dailyherald.com
Some automakers even acknowledge that they can hit the higher efficiency target.
From the kansas.com
Whatever your feelings on public sector efficiency, they can't all be faking it.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- The ratio of the output to the input of any system
- Skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency"
- (efficient) being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"
- (efficient) effective: able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution"
- In aerodynamics, the lift-to-drag ratio, or L/D ratio ("ell-over-dee"), is the amount of lift generated by a wing or vehicle, divided by the drag it creates by moving through the air. ...
- A studio apartment, also known as a studio flat (UK), efficiency apartment or bachelor/bachelorette style apartment, is a self-contained, small apartment, which combines living room, bedroom and kitchenette into a single unit, barring a bathroom. ...
- In economics, the term economic efficiency refers to the use of resources so as to maximize the production of goods and services. An economic system is said to be more efficient than another (in relative terms) if it can provide more goods and services for society without using more resources. ...
- Pareto efficiency, or Pareto optimality, is a concept in economics with applications in engineering and social sciences. The term is named after Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist who used the concept in his studies of economic efficiency and income distribution. ...
- In the comparison of various statistical procedures, efficiency is a measure of the optimality of an estimator, of an experimental design, or of a hypothesis testing procedure. Essentially, a more efficient estimator, experiment, or test needs fewer observations than a less efficient one to achieve a given performance. This article primarily deals with efficiency of estimators.
