Look up: efficient

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   efficient
   [adj] - being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
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   Efficient
   [pronounce: ef-fish-ent] Something that does not waste much energy.
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   efficient
   a) of a statistic that has a variance smaller than any other estimate of the same population parameter; b) of an experimental design that secures a certain degree of precision, one design being deemed more efficient than another if it secures greater precision, or the same precision with less expenditure of time and money Category: Statistics
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Efficient
   Ef·fi'cient (- e nt) adjective [ Latin efficiens , -entis , present participle of efficere to effect: confer French efficient . See Effect , noun ] Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/11
   
   
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   Efficient
   Ef·fi'cient noun An efficient cause; a prime mover. « God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only.» Hooker.
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   efficient
   Serving as or characteristic of an immediate agent in the production of an event, causally productive. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   efficient
   adjective being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; `an efficient production manager`; `efficient engines save gas`
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   efficient
   A description of either: -- an allocation that is Pareto efficient or -- an estimator that has the minimum possible variance given the statistical model; see efficiency bound. Source: Tripathi, 1996, p 4 Contexts: econometrics, statistics
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   Efficient
   `Efficient` can relate to: *Efficiency (and related topics; see link), the technical term often related to energy usage. *Efficient (horse), winner of the 2007 Melbourne Cup.
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    Efficient
    • (n.) Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power. • (n.) An efficient cause; a prime mover.
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    efficient
    serving as or characteristic of an immediate agent in the production of an event; causally productive.
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