efficiency

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efficiency (plural efficiencies)

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

   The efficiency of the planning department is deplorable.

2. The extent to which a resource, such as electricity, is used for the intended purpose.

   The efficiency of this loudspeaker is 40%.

3. A one-room apartment.

   I have an efficiency available June through July.

   Fully-furnished efficiencies

Antonyms

• inefficiency
• wastefulness

Derived terms

• energy efficiency
• material efficiency
• fuel efficiency
• efficiency ratio
• business efficiency
• quantum efficiency
• electrical efficiency
• thermal efficiency
• algorithmic efficiency
• Pareto efficiency
• allocative efficiency

Related terms

• effect
• effective
• effectiveness
• effectivity
• effector
• effectual
• effectuate
• efficacious
• efficacity
• efficacy
• efficient
• efficiently

Synonyms

• effectiveness

Translations

extent to which time is well used

Bulgarian: ефективност (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 效率 (cmn) (xiàolǜ), 效能 (cmn) (xiàonéng) Czech: efektivita (cs) f. Dutch: efficiëntie (nl) f.

Finnish: tehokkuus (fi) Nepali: sashakta (ne) Russian: эффективность (ru) (effektívnost') f. Slovak: efektívnosť (sk) f.

extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose

Bulgarian: производителност (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 效率 (cmn) (xiàolǜ), 效能 (cmn) (xiàonéng) Czech: účinnost (cs) f.

Dutch: rendement (nl) n. Finnish: hyötysuhde (fi) Russian: эффективность (ru) (effektívnost') f.

one-room apartment

Finnish: yksiö (fi)

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Arabic: كفاءة Serbo-Croatian: učinkòvitōst (hr), djelotvórnōst (hr) f., ȅfikasnōst (hr) f. French: rendement (fr) German: Effizienz (de)

Italian: efficienza (it) Kurdish: Sorani: لێهاتووی (ku) (léhatuí), کارایی (ku) (karayí) Portuguese: eficiência Spanish: eficiencia (es) f. Turkish: Verimlilik