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Apartment \A*part"ment\, n. [F. appartement; cf. It.
appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr.
L. ad pars, partis, part. See {Apart}.]
1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated
from others by partitions. --Fielding.
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2. A set or suite of rooms. --De Quincey.
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3. A compartment. [Obs.] --Pope.
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4. A room or suite of rooms in a building comprising a
dwelling unit separate from others in the building, and
typically having its own separate bath, sanitary, and
kitchen facilities. Such apartments are in most cases
rented from the owner by those dwelling in them.
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{efficiency apartment}, a small apartment[4], sometimes
furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The
unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the
kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may
form a small niche in a corner. There are many variations
of efficiency apartment, including some in which
furnishings such as a bed may be pull out from a wall
recess and stored there again when not in use. Also called
an {efficiency}.
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efficience \ef*fi"cience\ ([e^]f*f[i^]sh"ens), efficiency
\ef*fi"cien*cy\ ([e^]f*f[i^]sh"en*s[y^]), n. [L. efficientia.]
1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or
effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
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The manner of this divine efficiency being far above
us. --Hooker.
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2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended.
--Rankine.
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{efficiency of a heat engine}, the ratio of the work done by
an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.
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efficiency apartment \efficiency apartment\ n.,
a small apartment[4], sometimes furnished, with minimal
kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single
room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often
open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner.
There are many variations of efficiency apartment, including
some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pulled out
from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use.
Also called an {efficiency}.
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