"efficiency" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, [ɪˈfɪʃn̩si], /ɪˈfɪʃ.ɪn.si/ 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 a resource is used for the intended purpose.
    (engineering, physics) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η.
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  2. The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
    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), 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)
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  3. (dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
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  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)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coefficiency, ecoefficiency, efficiency ratio, equiefficiency, high-efficiency, low-efficiency, nonefficiency, photoefficiency, superefficiency 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)
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 Disambiguation of 'extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose': 49 49 2 0

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      "sense": "extent to which time is well used",
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      "sense": "extent to which time is well used",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "extent to which time is well used",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eficiência"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "eficiență"
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      "sense": "extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose",
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose",
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      "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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