efficiency
English Thesaurus
1. skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | skillfulness, |
| definition | : | the state of being cognitively skillful (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | economy, |
| definition | : | the efficient use of resources (noun.cognition) |
2. the ratio of the output to the input of any system (noun.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | ratio, |
| definition | : | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) (noun.linkdef) |
| hyponym | : | figure of merit, |
| definition | : | a numerical expression representing the efficiency of a given system, material, or procedure (noun.linkdef) |
3. skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort (noun.cognition)
| antonym | : | inefficiency, |
| definition | : | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | efficient, |
| definition | : | being effective without wasting time or effort or expense (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | inefficiency, |
| definition | : | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | efficient, |
| definition | : | being effective without wasting time or effort or expense (adj.all) |
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