English Online Dictionary. What means efficiency? What does efficiency mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin efficientia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, [ɪˈfɪʃn̩si], /ɪˈfɪʃ.ɪn.si/
Noun
efficiency (countable and uncountable, plural efficiencies)
- The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
- Antonyms: inefficiency, wastefulness
- (engineering, physics) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η.
- The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.
- (dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.
- (US) A one-room apartment.
- Synonyms: efficiency apartment, studio apartment, (UK, Ireland) bedsit
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References
- efficiency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia