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Efficient vs Chunking - What's the difference?

efficient | chunking |

As an adjective efficient

is making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra especially, making good use of time or energy.

As a noun chunking is

(psychology) a strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.

As a verb chunking is

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efficient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
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  • Using a particular proportion of available energy.
  • Causing effects; producing results.
  • * Wilson
    • The efficient cause is the working cause.

    Antonyms

    * inefficient

    Derived terms

    * efficient cause * subefficient

    Related terms

    * effect * effective * effectiveness * effectivity * effector * effectual * effectuate * efficacious * efficacity * efficacy * efficiency * subefficiency

    References

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    chunking

    English

    (wikipedia chunking)

    Noun

  • (psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
  • (writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
  • The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.

    • Verb

    (head)