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Efficiency

The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.

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Narrower term 1

Economy 76% connected

The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a car…

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Ratio 76% connected

The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the sec…

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Efficient 74% connected

Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by e…

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Efficient 74% connected

Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by e…

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Inefficiency 94% connected

The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapaci…

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Inefficiency 94% connected

The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapaci…

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Energy noun · 85% connection

a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"

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Renewable adjective · 85% connection

capable of being renewed; replaceable; "renewable energy such as solar energy is theoretically inexhaustible"

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Resource noun · 85% connection

a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource"

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Vim noun · 85% connection

a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"

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Vitality noun · 85% connection

a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"

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Aid noun · 84% connection

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do; "visual aids in teaching"; "his job was to gi…

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Assistance noun · 84% connection

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do; "visual aids in teaching"; "his job was to gi…

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Help noun · 84% connection

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do; "visual aids in teaching"; "his job was to gi…

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Juice noun · 84% connection

energetic vitality; "her creative juices were flowing"

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Recourse noun · 84% connection

something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

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Refuge noun · 84% connection

something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

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Resort noun · 84% connection

something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

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Shadow noun · 84% connection

refuge from danger or observation; "he felt secure in his father's shadow"

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Atomic number 6 noun · 78% connection

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Broadsheet noun · 78% connection

an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscriber…

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Action noun · 78% connection

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…

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Augustinian noun · 78% connection

One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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Available adjective · 78% connection

Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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Causality noun · 78% connection

The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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Coagency noun · 78% connection

Agency in common; joint agency or agent.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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Effective adjective · 78% connection

Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an ef…

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Effects noun · 78% connection

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business; "she left some of her personal effects in the house"; "I w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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Effectual noun · 78% connection

Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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Effectualness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being effectual.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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Effete adjective · 78% connection

No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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Efficacy noun · 78% connection

Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: efficient, producing, effect, effects, power.
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