| NOUN | relation | efficiency | the ratio of the output to the input of any system |
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| cognition | efficiency | skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort |
| Sounds | ihfih'shahnsiy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | The ratio of the output to the input of any system. | |
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| Narrower | figure of merit | A numerical expression representing the efficiency of a given system, material, or procedure |
| Broader | ratio | The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
| Spanish | eficiencia | |
| Meaning | skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort. | |
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| Example | "she did the work with great efficiency" | |
| Narrower | economy | The efficient use of resources |
| Broader | skillfulness | The state of being cognitively skillful |
| Opposite | inefficiency | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency |
| Spanish | eficiencia | |
| Catalan | eficiència | |
| Adjectives | efficient | being effective without wasting time or effort or expense |
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