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1efficient — /ɪ fɪʃ(ə)nt/ adjective able to work well or to produce the right result quickly ● the efficient working of a system ● An efficient assistant is invaluable. ● An efficient new machine would save time …
2efficient-market theory — /ɪˌfɪʃ(ə)nt mɑ:kɪt ˌθɪəri/ noun a theory that the prices operating in a certain market re flect all known information about the market and therefore make it impossible for abnormal profits to be made ● the efficient working of a system ● he needs …
3Efficient XML Interchange — (EXI) Dateiendung: .exi MIME Type: application/exi (proposed) Magische Zahl …
4efficient — ef‧fi‧cient [ɪˈfɪʆnt] adjective MANUFACTURING 1. producing goods using as little time, money etc as possible: • The United States has developed the most efficient methods of food production and distribution. • Is this really an efficient use of… …
5Efficient Consumer Response — (ECR) is a joint trade and industry body working towards making the grocery sector as a whole more responsive to consumer demand and promote the removal of unnecessary costs from the supply chain.The ECR movement beginning in the mid nineties was …
6Efficient XML Interchange — (EXI) is a proposed data format from the Efficient XML Interchange Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It is one of the various efforts to encode XML documents in a binary data format, rather than plain text.Using a binary XML… …
7efficient — ef*fi cient ([e^]f*f[i^]sh ent), a. [L. efficiens, entis, p. pr. of efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See {Effect}, n.] Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or… …
8-efficient — [e fish′ənt, ifish′ənt; ] often [, ēfish′ənt, əfish′ənt] combining form working or operating efficiently with regard to; making efficient use of [cost efficient, energy efficient] * * * …
9-efficient — [e fish′ənt, ifish′ənt; ] often [, ēfish′ənt, əfish′ənt] combining form working or operating efficiently with regard to; making efficient use of [cost efficient, energy efficient] …
10efficient — [e fish′ənt, ifish′ənt] adj. [ME & OFr < L efficiens, prp. of efficere: see EFFECT] 1. directly producing an effect or result; causative; effective [the efficient cause] 2. producing a desired effect, product, etc. with a minimum of effort,… …
