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The correct spelling is efficient.
How to pronounce efficient
/əˈfɪʃənt/
nounIPA: /əˈfɪʃənt/
Say it like: Eff-isee-nt
The correct spelling is efficient. A cause; something that causes an effect For example: "An efficient process would automate all the routine work."
Usage Examples
“An efficient process would automate all the routine work.”
“The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature.”
“Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A cause; something that causes an effect
adjective
- 1.Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
- 2.Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
- 3.Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent)
- 4.(old use) effective
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