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Definition of Efficiency

1. Noun. The ratio of the output to the input of any system.

2. Noun. Skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort. "She did the work with great efficiency"

Definition of Efficiency

1. [n EFFICIENCIES]

Medical Definition of Efficiency

1. 1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. "The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us." (Hooker) 2. The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Efficiency of a heat engine, the ratio of the work done an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it. Origin: L. Efficientia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Efficiency

effete effete effetely effeteness effetenesses efficacies efficacious efficaciously efficaciousness efficacities

efficacity efficacy efficacy efficiencies efficiency (current term) efficiency (current term) efficiency apartment efficiency engineer efficiency expert efficient

efficient efficiently effierce effierced effierces effigial effigies effigy effing efflate

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