English-Russian dictionary of regional studies. 2013.
efficiency — 1590s, power to accomplish something, from L. efficientia (from efficientem; see EFFICIENT (Cf. efficient)) + CY (Cf. cy). In mechanics, ratio of useful work done to energy expended, from 1858. Attested from 1952 as short for efficiency apartment … Etymology dictionary
efficiency — [e fish′ən sē, ifish′ən sē] n. pl. efficiencies [L efficientia: see EFFICIENT] 1. ability to produce a desired effect, product, etc. with a minimum of effort, expense, or waste; quality or fact of being efficient 2. the ratio of effective work to … English World dictionary
Efficiency Movement — Part of the Politics series on Progressivism Schools American Progressivism Modern liberalism Progressive education Ideas Anti racism Civil liberties … Wikipedia
Efficiency wages — In labor economics, the efficiency wage hypothesis argues that wages, at least in some markets, are determined by more than simply supply and demand. Specifically, it points to the incentive for managers to pay their employees more than the… … Wikipedia
Efficiency — as a technical term may refer to: * Algorithmic efficiency, optimizing the speed and memory requirements of a computer program * Efficient energy use, useful work per quantity of energy ** Energy conversion efficiency, desired energy output per… … Wikipedia
For-profit school — For profit schools are educational institutions that are run by private, profit seeking companies or organizations, selling education to those who want to buy it. [ [http://www.allonlineschools.com/online education resource center/online degrees… … Wikipedia
For-profit education — (also known as the education services industry or proprietary education) refers to educational institutions operated by private, profit seeking businesses. There are two major types of for profit schools. One type is known as an educational… … Wikipedia
Efficiency factor — Efficiency factor: In data communications, the ratio of (a) the time to transmit a text automatically at a specified modulation rate to (b) the time actually required to receive the same text at a specified maximum error rate. All of the… … Wikipedia
For-profit hospital — For profit hospitals, or alternatively investor owned hospitals, are investor owned chains of hospitals which have been established particularly in the United States during the late twentieth century. In contrast to the traditional and more… … Wikipedia
Efficiency Medal — Infobox Military Award name= Efficiency Medal caption= awarded by= The United Kingdom type= Medal eligibility= Territorial Army (UK) Ranks; Indian Volunteer Forces; Colonial Auxiliary Forces for= Granted for a minimum of 12 years service with war … Wikipedia
Efficiency (statistics) — In statistics, efficiency is one measure of desirability of an estimator.The efficiency of an unbiased statistic T is defined as:e(T)=frac{1/mathcal{I}( heta)}{mathrm{var}(T)}where mathcal{I}( heta) is the Fisher information of the sample.Thus… … Wikipedia
