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efficiency - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'efficiency' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Efficiency [ n.]
- The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
- The ratio of useful work to energy expended.

Meaning of 'efficiency' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . efficiency [ n]
Meaning (1):
- skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
Example in sentence:
  • she did the work with great efficiency