efficacy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French efficace, from Late Latin efficācia (“efficacy”), from efficāx (“efficacious”); see efficacious.
Inflected forms:
form: efficacies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: […]and this hath even made me ſuſpect the efficacy of reliques, to examine the bones, queſtion the habits and appurtenances of Saints, and even of Chriſt himſelf.
No method of verification known to science is applicable to the efficacy of prayer. […] If, then, the efficacy of prayer eludes the test of science, and if even uncertainty may rest upon the connection between an event asked in prayer, and the prayer that sought it, is there any evidence by which the efficacy of prayer may be tested and known?
2005, Flay et al. Standards of Evidence: Criteria for Efficacy, Effectiveness and Dissemination DOI: 10.1007/s11121-005-5553-y
Efficacy refers to the beneficial effects of a program or policy under optimal conditions of delivery, whereas effectiveness refers to effects of a program or policy under more real-world conditions.
gloss: A degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Toothbrush with improved efficacy
Synonyms: efficacity
Related words: effect
effective
effectiveness
effectivity
effector
effectual
effectuate
efficacious
efficaciously
efficacity
efficiency
efficient
Derived words: bioefficacy
coefficacy
inefficacy
nonefficacy
self-efficacy
seroefficacy
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: səmərə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təsirlilik
lang: Bulgarian
word: де́йственост
roman: déjstvenost
lang: Catalan
word: eficàcia
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 功效
roman: gōngxiào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 效力
roman: xiàolì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 效能
roman: xiàonéng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 效驗 /效验
roman: xiàoyàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 藥效 /药效
roman: yàoxiào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 療效 /疗效
roman: liáoxiào
lang: Czech
word: efektivnost
lang: Czech
word: účinnost
lang: Dutch
word: doeltreffendheid
lang: Esperanto
word: efikeco
lang: Finnish
word: tehokkuus
lang: French
word: efficience
lang: French
word: efficacité
lang: German
word: Wirksamkeit
lang: German
word: Wirkungsvermögen
lang: German
word: Wirkvermögen
lang: German
word: Wirkungsfähigkeit
lang: German
word: Wirkfähigkeit
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δρᾶσις
roman: drâsis
lang: Hungarian
word: hatékonyság
lang: Indonesian
word: khasiat
lang: Indonesian
word: kemanjuran
lang: Indonesian
word: keampuhan
lang: Indonesian
word: efikasi
lang: Interlingua
word: efficacia
lang: Italian
word: efficacia
lang: Japanese
word: 有効性
roman: yūkōsei
lang: Latin
word: efficacitas
lang: Polish
word: efektywność
lang: Polish
word: skuteczność
lang: Portuguese
word: eficácia
lang: Romanian
word: eficacitate
lang: Russian
word: эффекти́вность
roman: effektívnostʹ
lang: Russian
word: де́йственность
roman: déjstvennostʹ
lang: Slovak
word: efektívnosť
lang: Slovene
word: učinkovitost
lang: Spanish
word: eficacia
lang: Swedish
word: effektivitet
lang: Ukrainian
word: ефекти́вність
roman: efektývnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: діє́вість
roman: dijévistʹ