Word Finder - efficiency

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The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.

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The efficiency of the planning department is deplorable.

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The quality of producing an effect or effects.

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The extent to which a resource, such as electricity, is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.

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The efficiency of this loudspeaker is 40%.

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A one-room apartment.

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I have an efficiency available June through July.

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• bedsit
• efficiency apartment

In order to operate at maximum efficiency, we must integrate our plans with theirs.

Hence assuming the mechanical efficiency of the engine to be and substituting !

The current efficiency was about 83 per cent.

But the food would not only be produced with maximum efficiency; it would be extremely fresh and very healthy.

We have seen that the efficiency of an electromagnetic engine is greatest when the current is indefinitely small, and then the rate at which it works is also indefinitely small.

When it comes to water heaters, energy efficiency is important.

This car allows drivers some control over the balance of fuel efficiency and power.

The lime deposit or " fur " is a poor conductor of heat, and it is therefore most detrimental to the efficiency of the system to allow the interior of the boiler or any other portion to become furred up. Further, if not removed, the fur will in a short time bring about a fracture in the boiler.

The relation then between the work expended and the actual cooling work performed denotes the efficiency of the process, and this is expressed by Qt/(Q2-Q1); but as in a perfect refrigerating machine it is understood that the whole of the heat Q i is taken in at the absolute temperature T 11 and the whole of the heat Q2, is rejected at the absolute temperature T2, the heat quantities are proportional to the temperatures, and the expression T,/(T 2 -T,) gives the ideal coefficient of performance for any stated temperature range, whatever working substance is used.

The campaign failed directly to achieve its purpose, but nevertheless, the Turkish regular army, irreplaceable in so far as it had been brought to a high state of efficiency by German reorganization and training, was destroyed during the operations.

With the push of a button, the driver can choose to maximize fuel efficiency or performance, depending on his or her preference.

New technologies are being introduced and are improving the efficiency of production.

They provide a workable arrangement that offers both efficiency and rotor balance.

The combination of blinds and draperies will add great energy efficiency to the bay window area.

Though the traditional account of this war exaggerates the services of Athens as compared with the other champions of Greek independence, there can be no doubt that the ultimate victory was chiefly due to the numbers and efficiency of the Athenian fleet, and to the wise policy of her great statesman Themistocles (see Salamis, Plataea).

The spiders are specialized and reduced in apparent complexity, as compared with the scorpions, but they cannot be regarded as degenerate since the concentration of structure which occurs in them results in greater efficiency and power than are exhibited by the scorpion.

Yet their military efficiency must have been small, for their allies the Swedes invariably allude to them as wild and ragged semi-barbarians.

Though always a strenuous worker in Congress, he was not the originator of any great legislative measures, and his efficiency as a law-maker is thought to have been much impaired by his personal animosities.

We may infer that the limits of efficiency in the two methods are the same when the length of the pointer is equal to the width of the mirror.

This splitting of the air not only lessens the cost of ventilating, but greatly increases its efficiency by permitting the circulation of much larger volumes, and has the added advantage that the effect of an explosion or other accident vitiating the air current is often confined to a single division of the mine, and affects but a small part of the working force.

The well-known expression for the efficiency of the cycle of reversible operation gives us Pdv/L = dT /T or dT = TPdv/L as a value for the depression of the freezing point of the solution compared with that of the pure solvent.

Struve's skill as an observer was such that he used to complete the bisection on the fixed wire of the micrometer by a pressure of the finger on the side of the tube - a method of proved efficiency in such hands, but plainly indicative of the want of rigidity in the instrument and of the imperfection of the slow motions (see Micrometer).

He secured its frontiers by inviting Slavonic settlers into the depopulated districts and by restoring the army to efficiency; when the Arabs renewed their invasions in 726 and 739 they were decisively beaten.

In addition to these departments, whose heads form the army council itself, there is the very important department of the inspector-general of the forces, whose duties are to ensure by inspection the maintenance of military efficiency and an adequate standard of instruction, &c. This department is thus in the main a complement of the general staff branch.

If such a machine could be constructed with reasonable mechanical efficiency to compress the air to a temperature but slightly above that of the cooling water, and to expand the air to a temperature but slightly below that required to be maintained in the room, we should of course get a result approximating in efficiency somewhat nearly to the figures given in Table I.

Any time you can move data collection from humans to computers, you get vast improvements in efficiency.

Any time you can move data storage from brains to hard drives, you get vast improvements in efficiency.

Any time you can move data processing from intellects to CPUs, you get vast improvements in efficiency.

But even in this case, the result is still a massive overall gain in efficiency.

If the labor to build the Mercedes becomes completely robotic and computerized, then why won't we see that same increase in efficiency?

The pulse detonation wave engine offers a marked increase in efficiency and a simplification of design over current rocket and ramjet engines.

The hotel is renowned for the warmth of its welcome, the friendliness of its staff and the level of its efficiency.

They have an antibacterial action, because they improve the efficiency of macrophages, scavenger cells that remove bacteria from the blood.

Improving the efficiency of the lower river system, particularly in the tidal reaches, by removing silt deposition regularly.

The steelwork design led to awards for its efficiency but sadly toward the end of the century the cladding was failing.

Such a contract stipulates a deadline for delivery for each possible type of agent efficiency.

Eurostop 's RF system will enable Ann Summers to bring its stocktaking operation in house, cutting cost, due to increased efficiency.

Current systems, called advanced supercritical boilers, have an efficiency level of around 42 %.

Therefore, efficiency would suggest that only the one word label " lord " would be sufficient to express this superlative concept.

Thermal efficiency Overall thermal efficiency is around 30 %.

Trade-Offs Between Efficiency And Equity There is often a trade-off between economic efficiency and equity.

Baculovirus vectors have been shown to transduce various cell types in vitro and in vivo with significant efficiency leading to stable gene expression.

In vitro studies have shown that CF sputum reduces transfection efficiency.

Much current scientific effort is targeted at understanding the genotypic component of the transpiration efficiency of individual plants.

Efficiency was also uppermost in the designer 's plans, as response speeds were critical on the new network.

Studies support Prelief 's efficiency in reducing bladder pain and urinary urgency when used in the diets of interstitial cystitis (IC) sufferers.

More airflow = More horsepower Volumetric efficiency of well over 100% can be achieved.

Wasted energy at the heart of government Friday, August 26, 2005 Improving energy efficiency could be the best hope we have.

Her company is the alternative for modern lifestyle and the source for "on time" and "on budget" efficiency when executing a renovation and remodeling project.

With SUVs, you can get a fuel efficiency of as low as 10 miles per gallon.