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    efficiency
    /ɪˈfɪʃnsi/

    noun

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  2. The meaning of EFFICIENCY is the quality or degree of being efficient. How to use efficiency in a sentence.

  3. the condition or fact of producing the results you want without waste, or a particular way in which this is done: [ U ] The use of high-speed machinery improved the efficiency of the factory.

  4. the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance. accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort: The assembly line increased industry's efficiency.

  5. efficiencies. [plural] ways of wasting less time and money or of saving time or money. We are looking at our business to see where savings and efficiencies can be made. [uncountable] the relationship between the amount of energy that goes into a machine or an engine, and the amount that it produces.

  6. the quality of achieving the largest amount of useful work using as little energy, fuel, effort, etc. as possible: Families and business need to take steps to maximize energy efficiency. Streamlining cars increases their fuel efficiency.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › EfficiencyEfficiency - Wikipedia

    Efficiency is the often measurable ability to avoid making mistakes or wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while performing a task. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste.

  8. Efficiency is avoiding a waste of time, effort, or resources. Many people have begun to use compact fluorescent light bulbs because of their greater energy efficiency.

  9. Efficiency is the quality of being able to do a task successfully, without wasting time or energy.

  10. EFFICIENCY definition: a good use of time and energy, without wasting any: . Learn more.

  11. EFFICIENCY meaning: 1 : the ability to do something or produce something without wasting materials, time, or energy the quality or degree of being efficient (technical); 2 : efficiency apartment.

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