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Efficiency - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Efficiency : (noun)
1: the ratio of the output to the input of any system
2: skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did
the work with great efficiency" [ant: inefficiency]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Efficience \Ef*fi"cience\,Efficiency : \Ef*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L.
efficientia.]
1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or
effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
The manner of this divine efficiency being far above
us. --Hooker.
2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.
--Rankine.
Efficiency of a heat engine, the ratio of the work done an
engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Efficiency |
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Lauren_Hannah: <--- Queen of Efficiency. Headed to the gate! Eat something, then off to Montegi Bay! It's about time! |
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Deutscher: Done! Talk about Efficiency!! |
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VictorBou: MC Russia Team Days over - Efficiency of 260 km/h. 12 more days of work, and then New Year Holidays! |
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