efficiency
    n 1: the ratio of the output to the input of any system
    2: skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the
       work with great efficiency" [ant: inefficiency]

Apartment \A*part"ment\, n. [F. appartement; cf. It.
   appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr.
   L. ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart.]
   1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated
      from others by partitions. --Fielding.
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   2. A set or suite of rooms. --De Quincey.
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   3. A compartment. [Obs.] --Pope.
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   4. A room or suite of rooms in a building comprising a
      dwelling unit separate from others in the building, and
      typically having its own separate bath, sanitary, and
      kitchen facilities. Such apartments are in most cases
      rented from the owner by those dwelling in them.
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   efficiency apartment, a small apartment[4], sometimes
      furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The
      unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the
      kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may
      form a small niche in a corner. There are many variations
      of efficiency apartment, including some in which
      furnishings such as a bed may be pull out from a wall
      recess and stored there again when not in use. Also called
      an efficiency.
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efficience \ef*fi"cience\ ([e^]f*f[i^]sh"ens), efficiency
\ef*fi"cien*cy\ ([e^]f*f[i^]sh"en*s[y^]), n. [L. efficientia.]
   1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or
      effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
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            The manner of this divine efficiency being far above
            us.                                   --Hooker.
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   2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.
      --Rankine.
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   efficiency of a heat engine, the ratio of the work done by
      an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.
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efficiency apartment \efficiency apartment\ n.,
   a small apartment[4], sometimes furnished, with minimal
   kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single
   room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often
   open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner.
   There are many variations of efficiency apartment, including
   some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pulled out
   from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use.
   Also called an efficiency.
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