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competence
A specific ability or skill:
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  1. A specific ability or skill:
  2. (Countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.
  3. Condition or quality of being competent; ability; fitness; specif., legal capability, power, or jurisdiction
capability
The power or ability to generate an outcome
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  1. The power or ability to generate an outcome
  2. Abilities, features, etc. not yet developed or utilized
  3. The capacity to be used, treated, or developed for a specific purpose:
capableness
The state or quality of being capable.
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  1. The state or quality of being capable.
productivity
The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land
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  1. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land
  2. (Economics) The rate at which goods or services are produced especially output per unit of labor.
  3. (Ecology) The rate at which photosynthesizing or chemosynthesizing producers form organic substances that can be used as food by consumers.
power
The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively:
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  1. The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively:
  2. The rate at which work is done, or energy expended, per unit time. Power is usually measured in watts (especially for electrical power) or horsepower (especially for mechanical power). For a path conducting electrical current, such as a component in an electric circuit, P = VI, where P is the power dissipated along the path, V is the voltage across the path, and I is the current through the path.
  3. The energy or motive force by which a physical system or machine is operated:
potency
The quality or condition of being potent.
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  1. The quality or condition of being potent.
  2. Inherent capacity for growth and development; potentiality.
  3. The state or quality of being potent, or the degree of this; power; strength
performance
(Linguistics) One's actual use of language in actual situations.
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  1. (Linguistics) One's actual use of language in actual situations.
  2. The act or style of performing a work or role before an audience.
  3. Operation or functioning, usually with regard to effectiveness, as of a machine
suitability
The quality of being suitable.
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  1. The quality of being suitable.
adaptability
The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
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  1. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
  2. (Biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
energy
Such forces or power, esp. in action
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  1. Such forces or power, esp. in action
  2. Vitality and intensity of expression:
  3. Strength or power efficiently exerted
effectualness
The state or condition of being effectual.
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  1. The state or condition of being effectual.
adequacy
The quality or state of being adequate
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  1. The quality or state of being adequate
  2. The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
powerfulness
The quality of being powerful
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  1. The quality of being powerful
efficacy
Power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
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  1. Power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
competence
(Uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
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  1. (Uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
  2. (Countable) In law, the legal authority to deal with a matter.
  3. Condition or quality of being competent; ability; fitness; specif., legal capability, power, or jurisdiction
proficiency
The state or quality of being proficient; competence.
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  1. The state or quality of being proficient; competence.
elasticity
(Economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
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  1. (Economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
  2. (Econ.) The degree to which the demand for, or supply of, particular goods or services responds to a change in price
  3. The ability of a solid to return to its original shape or form after being subject to strain. Most solid materials display elasticity, up to a load point called the elastic limit ; loads higher than this limit cause permanent deformation of the material.
conductivity
The property of conducting or transmitting heat, electricity, etc.
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  1. The property of conducting or transmitting heat, electricity, etc.
  2. (Physiology) The conductibility of a structure, especially the ability of a nerve to transmit a wave of excitation.
  3. The ability or power to conduct or transmit heat, electricity, or sound.
response
(Physiol., Psychol.) Any biological reaction or behavior resulting from the application of a stimulus
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  1. (Physiol., Psychol.) Any biological reaction or behavior resulting from the application of a stimulus
  2. (Eccles.) A word or words used in replying to or affirming a prayer, reading, or exhortation
  3. (Electronics) The ratio of the output to the input, as for a given frequency, of a device or system operating under specified conditions
potential-energy
The energy of a particle or system of particles derived from position, or condition, rather than motion. A raised weight, coiled spring, or charged battery has potential energy.
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  1. The energy of a particle or system of particles derived from position, or condition, rather than motion. A raised weight, coiled spring, or charged battery has potential energy.
faculty
Any natural or specialized power of a living organism; sense
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  1. Any natural or specialized power of a living organism; sense
  2. Authorization granted by authority; conferred power.
  3. An inherent power or ability:
facility
Something that facilitates an action or process:
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  1. Something that facilitates an action or process:
  2. An ability or talent; an aptitude:
  3. An arrangement in which a bank agrees to extend a service to a company, government, etc., esp. one in which a certain amount of credit can be drawn on as funds are needed
profitability
The capacity to make a profit.
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  1. The capacity to make a profit.
  2. The quality or state of being profitable.
yield
An amount yielded or produced; a product.
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  1. An amount yielded or produced; a product.
  2. (Physics, Chem.) The total products actually obtained from given raw materials, usually expressed as a percentage of the amount theoretically obtainable
  3. The energy released by an explosion, especially by a nuclear explosion, expressed in units of weight (usually kilotons) of TNT required to produce an equivalent release.
productivity
(Ecology) The rate at which photosynthesizing or chemosynthesizing producers form organic substances that can be used as food by consumers.
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  1. (Ecology) The rate at which photosynthesizing or chemosynthesizing producers form organic substances that can be used as food by consumers.
  2. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land
  3. The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers
effect
Production of a desired impression:
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  1. Production of a desired impression:
  2. Influence or action on something
  3. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result:
effectuality
The state or condition of being effectual.
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  1. The state or condition of being effectual.
effectualness
The state or condition of being effectual.
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  1. The state or condition of being effectual.
efficacy
Power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
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  1. Power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
influence
A person who exerts such power:
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  1. A person who exerts such power:
  2. (Elec.) The effect of an external field
  3. The action or effect of such power
potency
The quality or condition of being potent.
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  1. The quality or condition of being potent.
  2. Inherent capacity for growth and development; potentiality.
  3. The state or quality of being potent, or the degree of this; power; strength
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  • In order to operate at maximum efficiency, we must integrate our plans with theirs.

  • Hence assuming the mechanical efficiency of the engine to be and substituting !

  • We have seen that the efficiency of an electromagnetic engine is greatest when the current is indefinitely small, and then the rate at which it works is also indefinitely small.

  • - Engine Efficiency Curves.

  • Whether the intelligence and efficiency of the officials charged by the state with the handling of its railway system will be sufficient to make them act in the interest of the public as fully as do the managers of private corporations, is a question whose answer can only be determined by actual experience in each case.

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