efficiency (noun)

  • 11efficiency engineer — noun see efficiency expert …

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  • 12efficiency — I noun ability, ableness, adeptness, adroitness, capability, capableness, command, competence, competency, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, effectiveness, efficacy, efficientia, excellence, expertness, handiness, helpfulness, mastery, potency …

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  • 13efficiency apartment — noun Date: 1930 a small usually furnished apartment with minimal kitchen and bath facilities …

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  • 14efficiency — noun (plural efficiencies) 1》 the state or quality of being efficient. 2》 technical the ratio of the useful work performed by a machine or in a process to the total energy expended or heat taken in …

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  • 15efficiency apartment — noun a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom • Hypernyms: ↑apartment, ↑flat …

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  • 16Efficiency — Reflects the amount of wasted energy. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * efficiency ef‧fi‧cien‧cy [ɪˈfɪʆnsi] noun [uncountable] MANUFACTURING 1. how well an industrial process, factory, or business works so that it produces as much as… …

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  • 17efficiency — Because of futures contracts standardization of terms, large numbers of traders from all walks of life may trade futures, thus allowing prices to be determined readily (it is more likely that someone will want a contract at any given price). The… …

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  • 18efficiency */*/ — UK [ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] / US noun [uncountable] Word forms efficiency : singular efficiency plural efficiencies the ability to work well and produce good results by using the available time, money, supplies etc in the most effective way the search for… …

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  • 19efficiency — ef|fi|cien|cy [ ı fıʃnsi ] noun ** 1. ) uncount the ability to work well and produce good results by using the available time, money, supplies, etc. in the most effective way: the search for lower costs and greater efficiency The inspectors were… …

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  • 20efficiency — /ɪ fɪʃ(ə)nsi/ noun the ability to work well or to produce the right result or the right work quickly ● a business efficiency exhibition ● The bus system is run with a high degree of efficiency. ● We called in an efficiency expert to report on… …

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