### ratio:

Efficiency
* Efficiencies depend heavily on the activity of the target gene.
* Indicates how well a speaker system converts power into sound.
* also decreases the energy costs of pumping and providing water for irrigation
  - extends the life of non-renewable resources like coal, oil and naural gas
* compares the cooling and heating output as it relates to the amount of electricity used.
* crucial element in transportation.
* deals with the complexity of a learning machine in both space and time
  - use of the fewest inputs possible to achieve desired output
* describes the rate at which improvement occurs relative to the termination point.
* generic term that refers to the productivity of the AV program.
* highly developed form of laziness.
* is affected by buildup of settled solids, sludge, or oils.
* is also independent of age and years of reading
  - related to crystal size
  - an important objective of health care
* is based on how much of the sunlight that hits the panel is converted into electricity
  - the cost of inputs required to produce a given output
  - capable of increase production
  - expressed in terms of costs, participation rates, and free riders
* is important to anyone who is using electric motors
  - where competition for water makes it desirable to increase water supplies
* is measured by comparing outputs with inputs
  - minimizing administrative costs in the delivery of the services
* is measured by the average number of queries necessary to locate the image
  - expediency with which cases are closed
* is measured in terms of the average number of times each task is performed on the job
  - time and energy
  - obtained through the increase of productivity and decrease of cost
  - often the result of the continuous improvement of processes
* is one key to the success of any business or organization
  - of the core elements of sustainability
  - productive because people can make judgments quickly and keep things simple
* is the ability to do work
  - get a lot done in the time available
  - absence of waste
  - amount of effort required to accomplish a goal
  - capacity to bring proficiency into expression
  - comparison of output to input
  - condition of being adequate in performance with a minimum of waste or effort
  - degree to which utilization of resources is minimized to achieve an objective
  - extent to which the process achieves the objective in reality
  - final principle of taxation
  - goal of technology
* is the key to all the changes brought about by globalization
  - survival, which places new demands on people and technology
* is the power needed to saturate a channel of the spectrometer
  - to produce effects
  - process of maximizing the productivity of inputs
  - proportion of the water applied that is stored in the root zone
* is the ratio of deposits to administrative expenses
  - output over input
  - the share of quotas to the share of seats won
  - soul of any public service agency
  - word of the day
* is usually a code word for sidestepping environmental rules
  - an argument for private enterprise and against government intervention
  - work output per fuel burn
* is, in a nutshell, the power to produce effects.
* means cutting waste, learning to do more with less.
* measure of the amount of sunlight a solar device converts to electricity
  - degree to which certain goals or criteria are met
* measures the ratio of output to input.
* minimum condition for survival after success has been achieved.
* plays an important role in some tasks.
* process which needs a object or goal.
* purpose of the standards selection process.
  - of the electric power output to the light power input
* refers to economic incentives, fiscal, administrative, and political costs
  - operating a program or project, or performing work tasks economically
  - the resources expended in order to achieve a particular goal
  - ultimately to valuations
* relates to doing a job right in as little time and with as little effort as possible
  - things right
* skill that can be learned.
* typically is output divided by input.
* value highly considered, particularly in our contemporary technological society
  - of the system