English-Finnish translations for efficient

• tehokas
  Jopa komissio on ollut tehokas. Even the Commission has been efficient.
  Mitä tehokas sitten tarkoittaa selkokielellä? What does 'efficient' mean in plain language?
  Tehokas henkilöstömme on jo huolehtinut asiasta. Our efficient staff have already seen to that.
• hyötysuhde
  Tähänastisten toimien tehokkuus ja hyötysuhde on tarkistettava, ja EU-varoja on käytettävä myös jatkossa lapsiseksimatkailun torjumiseen. Measures taken so far must be examined to see how effective and efficient they really are and EU funds must also be made available in the future to fight child sex tourism.
  Kaasuturbiinin hyötysuhde on jopa 60 prosenttia.
  Korkealla hyötysuhteella kuvataan laitteen hyvää energiatehokkuutta.
• säästäväinen ja tehokas
• taloudellinen ja tehokas

Definition of efficient

• making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
• expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
• causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression ''efficient cause'= causative factor or agent
• effective
• a cause; something that causes an effect

Examples

• An efficient process would automate all the routine work
• Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk
• 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

Related words

• coefficient
• inefficient
• efficiently
• ultraefficient
• efficientize
• energy-efficient
• efficient consumer response
• efficient driving
• coefficient of contingency