English-Italian translations for efficient

• efficiente
  La meno efficiente, la democrazia. The least efficient is the democracy.
  Anche la Commissione ha agito in maniera efficiente. Even the Commission has been efficient.
  L'obiettivo è garantire un uso più efficiente delle risorse. The aim is to bring about a more efficient use of resources.
• efficace
  Lei afferma: »Vogliamo un'Europa efficace». You say you want an efficient Europe.
  Se sia anche efficace è un'altra questione. Whether it is efficient is another matter.
  Un commercio al dettaglio più efficace e più equo ( A more efficient and fairer retail market (

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