"efficiency" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈfɪʃn̩si/ Audio: en-us-efficiency.ogg Forms: efficiencies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin efficientia. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|efficientia}} Latin efficientia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} efficiency (countable and uncountable, plural efficiencies)
  1. The extent to which time is well used for the intended task. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (extent to which time is well used): ефективност (efektivnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), eficiència [feminine] (Catalan), 效率 (xiàolǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), 效能 (xiàonéng) (Chinese Mandarin), efektivita [feminine] (Czech), efficiëntie [feminine] (Dutch), tehokkuus (Finnish), efficacité (French), hatékonyság (Hungarian), efficienza [feminine] (Italian), rendimento [masculine] (Italian), 効率性 (alt: こうりつせい; kōritsu-sei) (Japanese), 効率 (alt: こうりつ; kōritsu) (Japanese), 時間効率 (alt: じかんこうりつ; jikan-kōritsu) (Japanese), efficientia [feminine] (Latin), sashakta (sashakta) (Nepali), efektywność [feminine] (Polish), eficiência [feminine] (Portuguese), eficiență [feminine] (Romanian), эффекти́вность (effektívnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), efektívnosť [feminine] (Slovak), eficiencia [feminine] (Spanish), effektivitet [common-gender] (Swedish), katalban (Tagalog), katalaban (Tagalog), ประสิทธิภาพ (bprà-sìt-tí-pâap) (Thai), verimlilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-efficiency-en-noun-esbAtcMK Disambiguation of 'extent to which time is well used': 77 5 18 0
  2. (dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-efficiency-en-noun-UHmslLnW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -cy, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 36 18 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 45 17 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 4 51 14 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 6 46 16 33
  3. The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose): səmərə (Azerbaijani), производителност (proizvoditelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rendiment [masculine] (Catalan), 效率 (xiàolǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), 效能 (xiàonéng) (Chinese Mandarin), účinnost [feminine] (Czech), rendement [neuter] (Dutch), hyötysuhde (Finnish), rendement (French), Effizienz [feminine] (German), hatásfok (Hungarian), efficienza [feminine] (Italian), 効率性 (alt: こうりつせい; kōritsu-sei) (Japanese), 効率 (alt: こうりつ; kōritsu) (Japanese), efficientia [feminine] (Latin), kecekapan (Malay), keefisienan (Malay), efisiensi (Malay), sprawność [feminine] (Polish), eficiência [feminine] (Portuguese), эффекти́вность (effektívnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), verkningsgrad [common-gender] (Swedish), katalban (Tagalog), katalaban (Tagalog), ประสิทธิภาพ (bprà-sìt-tí-pâap) (Thai), verimlilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-efficiency-en-noun-7Avn-QWt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 36 18 40 Disambiguation of 'extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose': 19 4 76 0
  4. (US) A one-room apartment. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Synonyms: efficiency apartment, studio apartment, bedsit [Ireland, UK] Translations (one-room apartment): yksiö (Finnish), estudio (Galician), Einzimmerwohnung [feminine] (German), Einraumwohnung [feminine] (German), γκαρσονιέρα (gkarsoniéra) [feminine] (Greek), στούντιο (stoúntio) [neuter] (Greek), enrummare [common-gender] (Swedish), etta [common-gender] (Swedish), övernattningsrum [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-efficiency-en-noun-eTjncBjS Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 36 18 40 Disambiguation of 'one-room apartment': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: efficiency ratio, high-efficiency, low-efficiency
Hyponyms: algorithmic efficiency, allocative efficiency, business efficiency, dynamic efficiency, electrical efficiency, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, Kaldor-Hicks efficiency, material efficiency, Pareto efficiency, productive efficiency, quantum efficiency, static efficiency, thermal efficiency Related terms: effect, effective, effectiveness, effectivity, effector, effectual, effectuate, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficient, efficiently

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "word": "yksiö"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "word": "estudio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einzimmerwohnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einraumwohnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gkarsoniéra",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γκαρσονιέρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stoúntio",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στούντιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "enrummare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "etta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one-room apartment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "övernattningsrum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "efficiency"
}

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