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Synonyms for efficiency
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-fish-uh n-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɪʃ ən si |
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Définition of efficiency
Origin :- 1590s, "power to accomplish something," from Latin efficientia (from efficientem; see efficient) + -cy. In mechanics, "ratio of useful work done to energy expended," from 1858. Attested from 1952 as short for efficiency apartment (itself from 1930).
- noun adeptness, effectiveness
- Much of the efficiency of the motor is due to the form and gearing of the propeller.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- He has discharged the duties of this office for four years with ability and efficiency.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- And by degrees I made for myself a new god, and its name was Efficiency.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- That's more important to you and me than all the efficiency gods on earth.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- You've pictured one spot of efficiency in a whole dreary desert of waste.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- All these bouquets to efficiency and all this about the weak points of the crowd.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- In fact, the efficiency of West India troops was, and is, unquestioned.
- Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis
- The preponderance of efficiency of equipment lay with the Germans.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- No doubt it has been overworked by enthusiastic believers in its efficiency.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- Some of the efficiency methods of 274 his subordinates were picturesque to say the least.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
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