eficaz — meaning in English

English meaning

• effective adj Producing the intended result; actually working.
• efficient adj Achieving maximum results with minimum wasted time, effort, or resources.

Senses

eficaz is used for these senses in English:

• effective Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
• efficient Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
• efficient Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent).

effective — full definition

1. adj Producing the intended result; actually working.
2. adj Officially in force or operation as of a stated time.

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