efficiency

  • 11efficiency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ruthless ▪ great, high ▪ attempts to achieve greater efficiency in the production process ▪ improved, increased ▪ …

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  • 12efficiency — n. 1) to impair efficiency 2) fighting; maximum, peak efficiency 3) efficiency in (efficiency in combating absenteeism) 4) at a certain efficiency (at peak efficiency) * * * [ɪ fɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] maximum peak efficiency fighting to impair efficiency at a …

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  • 13efficiency — [1] The accomplishment of something with the least amount of effort, energy, or fuel. [2] Output of a device, system, or activity, divided by the input necessary to create the output. In a compressor the efficiency would be the work output, as… …

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  • 14efficiency — /i fish euhn see/, n., pl. efficiencies. 1. the state or quality of being efficient; competency in performance. 2. accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort: The assembly line increased… …

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  • 15efficiency */*/ — 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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  • 16efficiency — 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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  • 17efficiency — There are conflicting notions of efficiency in everyday work life. Technical efficiency is relatively straightforward, and describes the relation of various energy inputs into equipment, in relation to output (though it may be difficult or… …

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  • 18efficiency — technical efficiency 1) A measure of the ability of an organization to produce the maximum output of acceptable quality with the minimum of time, effort, and other inputs. One company is said to be more efficient than another if it can produce… …

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  • 19efficiency — [[t]ɪfɪ̱ʃ(ə)nsi[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Efficiency is the quality of being able to do a task successfully, without wasting time or energy. There are many ways to increase agricultural efficiency in the poorer areas of the world. ...energy efficiency.… …

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  • 20efficiency — A measure of the ability of an organization to produce and distribute its product. In accounting terms it is quantified by a comparison of the standard hours allowed for a given level of production and the actual hours taken. This represents the… …

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