efficient

effizient

Gut arbeitend, ohne Zeit, Geld oder Energie zu verschwenden.

In einfachem Englisch: Working well without wasting time, money, or energy.

• The new system is very efficient.
• Our efficient staff finished the work early.
• This heater is more efficient than the old one.

So benutzt man es: efficient at doing something (She is efficient at organizing large events.)

Synonyme: well-organized, economical

Gegenteile: inefficient, wasteful

Häufige Wendungen: efficient system, efficient service, energy efficient, highly efficient

effizient, wirkungsvoll

Einen angegebenen Anteil der zugeführten Energie in nutzbare Arbeit umwandelnd.

In einfachem Englisch: Turning a stated share of the energy supplied into useful work.

• The engine is thirty percent efficient.
• This motor is more efficient at lower temperatures.
• A perfectly efficient machine would waste no energy.

So benutzt man es: a number + percent efficient (The motor is eighty percent efficient.)

Gegenteile: inefficient

Häufige Wendungen: thermally efficient, mechanically efficient, ninety percent efficient

wirkend, bewirkend

Eine Wirkung unmittelbar hervorbringend oder etwas entstehen lassend.

In einfachem Englisch: Directly producing an effect or bringing something into existence.

• The builder is the efficient cause of the house.
• The court considered the efficient cause of the injury.
• In this theory, an efficient cause brings about a change.

Synonyme: causative

Häufige Wendungen: efficient cause, direct efficient cause