efficiency

[ef·fi·cien·cy]

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.

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Noun
skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency"

Noun
the ratio of the output to the input of any system


n.
The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.

n.
The ratio of useful work to energy expended.


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Usage Examples

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

We need a number of solutions - we need more efficiency and conservation. Efficiency is a big one. I think car companies need to do a lot better in producing more efficient cars. They have the technology, we just need to demand them as consumers.

Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, you'll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and it's twice the efficiency of a Prius.

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

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Other Usage Examples

We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.

As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

We tried to set up a company that patterned ourselves after Southwest in all the fun, the spirit, the great people, the smile, the efficiency side of it, but we've added some extras that people aren't used to finding on Southwest.

Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.

Greater personal choice, individually tailored services, stronger local accountability, greater efficiency - these are all central to the new direction of travel we have set for our public services.

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.

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