performant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈfɔːmənt/
ipa: /pɚˈfɔɹmənt/
Forms: form: more performant
form: most performant
Etymology: From perform + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, and adjectives from verbs with the senses of ‘doing (the action of the verb’)), possibly modelled after informant.
Senses: examples: text: A ballet visibly stresses the performant function even though, traditionally, it also claims to communicate some meaning. In sports, the performant function dominates more openly; but, in a symbiotic relation, it derives much of its vitality from a grafted referential function that operates through cultural signs. [...] As a rule, however, the performant function, when it is supported by truly impressive circus performances, tends to monopolize the audience's attention.
ref: 1990, Jean Alter, “Performant Function in Action”, in A Sociosemiotic Theory of Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, pages 60–61:
glosses: Of or relating to performance.
examples: text: The inhabitants commonly use pacing Naggs, singularly performant in travaille, and easily kept in good case.
ref: c. 1680, “An Account of the Barony of Forth, in the County of Wexford, Written at the Close of the Seventeenth Century. Edited by Herbert F[rancis] Hore.”, in Proceedings and Papers of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archæological Society, for the Year 1862. […], volume IV, part I (New Series), Dublin: […] University Press, […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 60:
text: Nevertheless, it should be realized that most of the trials were conducted with poorly performant neutron installations (similar to old 200 kV X-ray units).
ref: 1991, P. Scalliet, “Installation of a Hospital-based Protontherapy Center in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium”, in P. Chauvel, A. Wambersie, P. Mandrillon, editors, Epac 90: 2nd European Particle Accelerator Conference: Medical Satellite Meeting, Nice, June 14–16, 1990, Gif-sur-Yvette, Île-de-France: Editions Frontières, →ISBN, section 3.2 (Neutron Beams), page S95, column 1:
text: Within the Columbus program, the studies defining and optimizing the pressurized spaces must be based on extremely rigorous and highly performant modular and repetitive geometric dimensions, in compliance with ergonomic data inherent to the indispensable presence of man.
ref: 1991 August 8, “N91-23573# Societe d’Architectures en Milieux Extremes, Paris (France). European Stakes and Measures Permitting the Management of Geometric Dimensions [Enjeux Europeens et Mesures Permettant de Gerer les Dimensions Geometriques]”, in Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports, volume 29, number 15, [Washington, D.C.]: Scientific and Technical Information Division, NASA, →ISSN, →OCLC, section 42 (Geosciences (General)), page 2450, column 2:
text: Results suggest that shear actuators can be more performant than extension ones for the control of bending operations.
ref: 1999, M. A. Trindade, A. Benjeddou, R. Ohayon, “Shear and Extension Actuation Mechanisms for Structural Vibration Control”, in Nesbitt W. Hagood IV, Mauro J. Atalla, editors, Ninth International Conference on Structures and Technologies, October 14–16, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Lancaster, Pa.; Basel: Techtronic Publishing Company, →ISBN, →ISSN, abstract, page 105:
text: In our energy-conscious society, materials and structures are required to be more performant, lightweight, and cheap.
ref: 2009, Vladimir Dobrokhotov, “Mechanical Properties of Nanostructures”, in Yashwant Pathak, Deepak Thassu, editors, Drug Delivery Nanoparticles: Formulation and Characterization (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences; 191), New York, N.Y.; London: Informa Healthcare, →ISBN, page 314:
synonyms: effective
efficient
high-performance
high-performing
responsive
successful
glosses: Performing well; Capable of or characterized by a high or excellent level of performance or efficiency.
examples: text: The program ALGOLOG is highly performant: it generated 259 linear subproblems, instead of 2²³.
ref: 1977, J[ohn] Rose, C[onstantin] Bilciu, editors, Modern Trends in Cybernetics and Systems: Proceedings of the Third International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems, Bucharest, Romania, August 25–29, 1975, volume 1, Blackburn, Lancashire: World Organisation of General Systems and Cybernetics, →ISBN, page 735:
text: Recently, a pure view-based object recognition approach was proposed, that is surprisingly performant.
ref: 2000, Luc Van Gool, Reinhard Koch, Theo Moons, “New Techniques for 3D Modeling … … and for Doing Without”, in Peter Corke, James Trevelyan, editors, Experimental Robotics VI: The Sixth International Symposium, Sydney, Australia, March 26–28, 1999 (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences; 250), London; Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, abstract, page 79:
text: There are strong arguments that some features of J2EE, such as entity beans, can never be as performant in many situations as some alternatives.
ref: 2003, Rod Johnson, Expert One-on-One: J2EE Design and Development (Programmer to Programmer), Birmingham: Wrox Press, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Yahoo uses YUI in their products, and as a result it is highly performant and well-tested.
ref: 2013, Thomas Valentine, Jonathan Reid, “JavaScript in Action”, in JavaScript Programmer’s Reference, Berkeley, Calif.: Apress, →ISBN, page 117:
text: While we can run a plethora of tools against our code to check its quality in advance, there really is no substitute for running that code within a web browser to ensure not only that it runs correctly but also that it is performant and memory-efficient.
ref: 2014, Den Odell, “Browser Developer Tools”, in Pro JavaScript Development: Coding, Capabilities, and Tooling, Berkeley, Calif.: Apress, →ISBN, page 423:
text: To keep the computational requirements within the reach of even aged and low-performant personal computers, computationally intensive operations are avoided.
ref: 2015, Paweł Cichosz, “Case Studies”, in Data Mining Algorithms Explained Using R, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley, →ISBN, section 20.1 (Introduction), page 602:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: effective
efficient
high-performance
high-performing
responsive
successful
glosses: Performing well; Capable of or characterized by a high or excellent level of performance or efficiency.
Characterized by a level of performance or efficiency that is adequate for or exceeds the expectations of end users.
Derived terms: performantly
Related terms: word: perform
word: performability
word: performable
word: performance
word: performative
word: performatively
word: performativity
word: performatory
word: performed
word: performer
word: performing