efficient
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Definitions ofefficient
- A cause; something that causes an effect
- Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
Example: "An efficient process would automate all the routine work."
- Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
Example: "The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature."
- Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent)
Example: "Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained"
- (old use) effective
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