efficient mechanism

collocation in English

meaningsofefficientandmechanism

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efficient
adjective
uk
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/us
/ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
working or operating quickly and effectively in an ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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(Definition ofefficientandmechanismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I examine the robustness of monetary equilibria in a random-matching model, where a moreefficientmechanismfor trade is available.
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Relevance decisions will most likely be based on a quite primitive butefficientmechanism, for example, spread of activation in a semantic network.
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We are aware of at least one such computationallyefficientmechanism, and this is based on a formalism known as typed feature structures.
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Rather, once you have anefficientmechanism, making choices will inevitably dominate the speed at which exploration can occur.
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Culture, they argue, is seen as anefficientmechanismfor transmitting learned movement strategies.
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As a consequence, the patent system is being reexamined as anefficientmechanismfor encouraging pharmaceutical innovation and drug development.
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This effect, which dominates the usual longitudinal steepening, provides anefficientmechanismto heat the plasma without requiring large-amplitude waves.
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Nonlinear static solution at scales of the electron skin reveals that electron inertia and small viscosity provide anefficientmechanismof field lines breaking.
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Resprouts grew as quickly as the original roots, indicating that resprouting is anefficientmechanism for recovering from damage to the growing tip of a root.
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We shall be replacing toilets, putting boilers into schools and replacing heating systems through the most administrativelyefficientmechanismpossible.
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We accept the market as a fairlyefficientmechanismin most cases.
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Those confessions show that the lack of anyefficientmechanismwas a serious deficiency.
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I am counting on the creation of anefficientmechanismfor a problem-free expansion of the eurozone in the future.
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We shall still need anefficientmechanismfor deciding facts and resolving issues.
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We need anefficientmechanismfor pushing ahead with the positive aspects here.
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It is primarily an enabling measure, designed to offer a moreefficientmechanismthan currently exists for ports to privatise themselves.
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In these circumstances, anefficientmechanismfor modifying the trust deed is needed.
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The institute has concluded that the mostefficientmechanismfor directing more help to poorer families is an increase in child benefit.
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