overall efficiency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverallandefficiency
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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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efficiency
noun
uk/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
the quality of working well in an organized way, without wasting time ...
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(Definition ofoverallandefficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Presumably, pruning eliminates unused and inefficient connections to improve theoverallefficiencyand specificity of neurotransmission.
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In both cases, making function composition left- or right-associative has little influence on theoverallefficiency.
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It is supposed that these indicators are then continuously available for assessing theoverallefficiencyof the program.
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When a broader system-wide view is taken, innovations can be identified which lower costs and improveoverallefficiencyand system performance.
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A further analysis of theoverallefficiencyof the various schemes must, however, await future research.
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Data for days 5-6 were estimated using the percentages from days 1-4 so as to keepoverallefficiencyestimates comparable.
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This function describes emission levels in terms of aggregate output production, input usage, the state of technology, and the economy'soverallefficiency.
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It is unclear up to what extent each difference contributes to theoverallefficiency.
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Theoverallefficiencyof an analyser depends not only on these operations, but also on the iteration strategy employed within the fixpoint engine.
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These policies can be implemented alone, or in combination, but the cost, effectiveness, andoverallefficiencyof these policies may vary.
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Consequently, aerospace companies recognise that they must improve their competitive position andoverallefficiency.
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The bundling of two or more goods can improve theoverallefficiencyof the system when one of the transactions is impossible or exceedingly expensive.
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Counseling and/or antidepressants could then be targeted to maximize theoverallefficiencyof resources used to manage depression.
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Rates of development to the blastocyst stage (overallefficiency) were higher in the sixth cell-cycle stage (45%) than in the seventh cell-cycle stage (12%).
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So once again environmental considerations have a wider reach, changing the impact ofoverallefficiencyconsiderations on public sector design.
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The links between month of birth and survival were also a factor in theoverallefficiencyof demographic regimes.
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Theoverallefficiencyof this chain also has to be quite large to avoid the extreme requirements on the energy of the ultrabright laser system.
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Batch-bulk antagonism occurred both within and between sectors and arguably contributed more to reconfiguring "competition" than to enhancingoverallefficiency.
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Several telemedicine applications may need to be put in place within a telecommunications network, with shared videoconferencing and other facilities, beforeoverallefficiencyis achieved.
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The use of a destructive array (defined with uniqueness types) for the cell matrix instead of a list of lists is expected to greatly improve theoverallefficiency.
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