engelska-holländska översättning av efficient

efficiënt
U zegt: " wij willen een efficiënt Europa" . You say you want an efficient Europe. Dat is efficiënt omgaan met geld. That is dealing with money efficiently. Of dat ook efficiënt is, is een andere vraag. Whether it is efficient is another matter.
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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

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

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