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• Efficiency — as a technical term may refer to: * Algorithmic efficiency, optimizing the speed and memory requirements of a computer program * Efficient energy use, useful work per quantity of energy ** Energy conversion efficiency, desired energy output per… …   Wikipedia

• Ratio Studiorum — • The educational system of the Jesuits Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ratio Studiorum     Ratio Studiorum     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Efficiency factor — Efficiency factor: In data communications, the ratio of (a) the time to transmit a text automatically at a specified modulation rate to (b) the time actually required to receive the same text at a specified maximum error rate. All of the… …   Wikipedia

• efficiency — 1590s, power to accomplish something, from L. efficientia (from efficientem; see EFFICIENT (Cf. efficient)) + CY (Cf. cy). In mechanics, ratio of useful work done to energy expended, from 1858. Attested from 1952 as short for efficiency apartment …   Etymology dictionary

• efficiency — [e fish′ən sē, ifish′ən sē] n. pl. efficiencies [L efficientia: see EFFICIENT] 1. ability to produce a desired effect, product, etc. with a minimum of effort, expense, or waste; quality or fact of being efficient 2. the ratio of effective work to …   English World dictionary

• Efficiency —   Under the First Law of Thermodynamics, efficiency is the ratio of work or energy output to work or energy input, and cannot exceed 100 percent. Efficiency under the Second Law of Thermodynamics is determined by the ratio of the theoretical… …   Energy terms

• efficiency — /i fish euhn see/, n., pl. efficiencies. 1. the state or quality of being efficient; competency in performance. 2. accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort: The assembly line increased… …   Universalium

• efficiency — efficience ef*fi cience ([e^]f*f[i^]sh ens), efficiency ef*fi cien*cy ([e^]f*f[i^]sh en*s[y^]), n. [L. efficientia.] 1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. [1913 Webster] The manner …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• efficiency of a heat engine — efficience ef*fi cience ([e^]f*f[i^]sh ens), efficiency ef*fi cien*cy ([e^]f*f[i^]sh en*s[y^]), n. [L. efficientia.] 1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. [1913 Webster] The manner …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Efficiency Ratio — Ratios that are typically used to analyze how well a company uses its assets and liabilities internally. Efficiency Ratios can calculate the turnover of receivables, the repayment of liabilities, the quantity and usage of equity and the general… …   Investment dictionary

• efficiency — The ratio of output to input or the ratio of work done to the effort put in. Unless specifically stated otherwise, it means efficiency with respect to power. The efficiency of any device refers to a physical quantity that may be stored,… …   Aviation dictionary