efficiency

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈfɪʃn̩si/

Noun

efficiency

1. The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.

   Antonyms: inefficiency, wastefulness

   The efficiency of the planning department is deplorable.

2. (dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.

   • The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us.

3. The extent to which a resource, such as electricity, is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.

   Antonyms: inefficiency, wastefulness

   The efficiency of this loudspeaker is 40%.

4. (US) A one-room apartment.

   Synonyms: efficiency apartment, bedsit

   I have an efficiency available June through July.

   fully-furnished efficiencies

Translations

• French: efficacité
• Portuguese: eficiência
• Russian: эффекти́вность
• Spanish: eficiencia

Translations

• French: rendement
• German: Effizienz
• Portuguese: eficiência
• Russian: эффекти́вность

Translations

• German: Einzimmerwohnung, Einraumwohnung

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