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Similar division problem in economics and computer science
Efficient cake-cutting is a problem in economics and computer science. It involves a heterogeneous resource, such as a cake with different toppings or
Efficient_cake-cutting
Topics referred to by the same term
preferences Efficient cake-cutting, a similar division problem in economics and computer science Wedding-cake cutting, the habit of cutting the wedding cake and
Cake-cutting
Process for fairly dividing resources
An envy-free cake-cutting is a kind of fair cake-cutting. It is a division of a heterogeneous resource ("cake") that satisfies the envy-free criterion
Envy-free_cake-cutting
Fair division problem
Utilitarian cake-cutting (also called maxsum cake-cutting) is a rule for dividing a heterogeneous resource, such as a cake or a land-estate, among several
Utilitarian_cake-cutting
Type of fair division
Equitable (EQ) cake-cutting is a kind of a fair cake-cutting problem, in which the fairness criterion is equitability. It is a cake-allocation in which
Equitable_cake-cutting
Fair division problem
Fair cake-cutting is a kind of fair division problem. The problem involves a heterogeneous resource, such as a cake with different toppings, that is assumed
Fair_cake-cutting
Problem of sharing resources
on its own this does not guarantee even a fair share. See also efficient cake-cutting and the price of fairness. In the real world people sometimes have
Fair_division
Fair division problem
Egalitarian cake-cutting is a kind of fair cake-cutting in which the fairness criterion is the egalitarian rule. The cake represents a continuous resource
Egalitarian_cake-cutting
Two-person envy-free cake-cutting method
surplus procedure (SP). See also Efficient cake-cutting. Wagener studies a variant of Divide and Choose on a two-dimensional cake, in which the divider is disadvantaged:
Divide_and_choose
Type of fair division
A proportional cake-cutting is a kind of fair cake-cutting. It is a division of a heterogeneous resource ("cake") that satisfies the proportionality criterion
Proportional_cake-cutting
Small single-serving cake, often frosted
size is more efficient for heat conduction, cupcakes bake much faster than a whole cake. Cupcakes may be topped with frosting or other cake decorations
Cupcake
In the fair cake-cutting problem, the partners often have different entitlements. For example, the resource may belong to two shareholders such that Alice
Proportional cake-cutting with different entitlements
Proportional_cake-cutting_with_different_entitlements
Type of fair division
can be found efficiently. The fact that any Nash-optimal allocation is PEEF is true even in the more general setting of fair cake-cutting. Proof: Consider
Efficient_envy-free_division
Cake-cutting problem
Symmetric fair cake-cutting is a variant of the fair cake-cutting problem, in which fairness is applied not only to the final outcome, but also to the
Symmetric_fair_cake-cutting
Type of fair division
for fair cake-cutting. In the problem of cake-cutting among families, there are n agents grouped into k families; the goal is to partition a cake into k
Consensus_splitting
Division problem
The fair pie-cutting problem is a variation of the fair cake-cutting problem, in which the resource to be divided is circular. As an example, consider
Fair_pie-cutting
Fair division algorithm
computationally-efficient algorithm for fair cake-cutting. It involves a certain heterogeneous and divisible resource, such as a birthday cake, and n {\displaystyle
Even–Paz_protocol
envy-free cake-cutting, there is a cake modeled as an interval, and n {\displaystyle n} agents with different value measures over the cake. The value
List of unsolved problems in fair division
List_of_unsolved_problems_in_fair_division
Study of fair cake-cutting with true valuations
Truthful cake-cutting is the study of algorithms for fair cake-cutting that are also truthful mechanisms, i.e., they incentivize the participants to reveal
Truthful_cake-cutting
heterogeneous resource ("cake") can be divided among n partners with different valuations in a way that is both Pareto-efficient (PE) and envy-free (EF)
Weller's_theorem
theory of fair cake-cutting, the individual-pieces set (IPS) is a geometric object that represents all possible utility vectors in cake partitions. Suppose
Individual_pieces_set
Aid for drilling boreholes into the ground
conditions. Mud should have thin, slick filter cake, with minimal solids in filter cake, wellbore with minimal cuttings, caving or bridges will prevent a good
Drilling_fluid
minimum-utility guarantee, but it is no longer Pareto efficient. The max Nash welfare (MNW) rule selects a cake-subset based on the proportional-fair rule, maximizing
Cake_sharing
Envy-free solution to the cake-cutting problem
The Stromquist moving-knives procedure is a procedure for envy-free cake-cutting among three players. It is named after Walter Stromquist who presented
Stromquist moving-knives procedure
Stromquist_moving-knives_procedure
Principle of allocation
is described in the page state-population monotonicity. In the fair cake-cutting problem, classic allocation rules such as divide and choose are not PM
Population_monotonicity
Solution to the fair division problem
Dubins–Spanier moving-knife procedure Divide and choose Envy-free cake-cutting Fair cake-cutting Peterson, Elisha; Su, Francis Edward (2002). "Four-Person Envy-Free
Moving-knife_procedure
Type of fair division of resources
envy-free cake-cutting exists if-and-only-if the value measures of the n partners are pairwise-different (no two measures are equal). a super-envy-free cake-cutting
Super_envy-freeness
Ianovski, Egor (2012). "Cake Cutting Mechanisms". arXiv:1203.0100 [cs.GT]. Lindner, Claudia; Rothe, Jörg (2024). "Cake-Cutting: Fair Division of Divisible
Strongly proportional division
Strongly_proportional_division
Scientific tests related to game theory
online fair cake-cutting. He tested them using a computerized simulation: valuation functions for each agent were generated by dividing the cake into random
Fair_division_experiments
Criterion for fair division
formulated as the envy-free cake-cutting, where the cake is divided among children with different tastes. In cake-cutting, EF means that each child believes
Envy-freeness
Geometric object that represents a "cake"
In the theory of fair cake-cutting, the Radon–Nikodym set (RNS) is a geometric object that represents a cake, based on how different people evaluate the
Radon–Nikodym_set
people: 3/2 UPOQ=Infinity; for two people: 2 For the problem of cake-cutting when the "cake" is undesirable (e.g. lawn-mowing), we have the following results:
Price_of_fairness
Fair division class using unique allocation methods
secretive. They also show efficient algorithms for almost envy-free (EF1) item allocation and ε-approximate envy-free cake-cutting. The cake redivision problem
Online_fair_division
Economics concept
enables fast envy-free cake-cutting algorithms, and more economically-efficient envy-free allocations: Discarding some of the cake helps to reduce envy
Free_disposal
Drum used to filter a slurry
a cake. When the cake is rotating out, it is dewatered in the drying zone. The cake is dry because the vacuum drum is continuously sucking the cake and
Rotary_vacuum-drum_filter
rules are also not RFTT. Tamuz, Vardi and Ziani study regret in fair cake-cutting. They study a repeated game variant of cut-and-choose. In standard cut-and-choose
Regret-free_mechanism
Weakly optimal allocation of resources
anyone else worse off than they were before. A situation is called Pareto efficient or Pareto optimal if all possible Pareto improvements have already been
Pareto_efficiency
Tool used to separate solids and liquids
chamber of the press is loaded before the mud in the first chamber begins to cake. As the chambers fill, pressure inside the system will increase due to the
Filter_press
Polish mathematician (1893–1980)
Stefan Banach, he also developed the last diminisher procedure for fair cake cutting. Knaster received his Ph.D. degree from University of Warsaw in 1922
Bronisław_Knaster
Criterion for fair division
Pareto efficient, but the opposite is not true. Consider a set of n agents. Each agent i receives a certain allocation Xi (e.g. a piece of cake or a bundle
Group_envy-freeness
Rawlsian decision rule for social choice
sum problem; Egalitarian cake-cutting; Egalitarian item allocation; Egalitarian (leximin) bargaining; Leximin rule for cake sharing. Utilitarian rule
Egalitarian_rule
Balanced or random resource allocation
only O ( log log n ) {\displaystyle O(\log \log n)} elements. Fair cake-cutting: consider the problem of creating a partially proportional division of
Balls_into_bins_problem
Several species of grass used for sugar production
chopper harvester can complete the harvest faster and more efficiently than hand cutting and loading. Austoft also developed a series of hydraulic high-lift
Sugarcane
Species of flowering tree
oleifera seeds and press cake have been implemented as wastewater conditioners for dewatering and drying fecal sludge. Moringa seed cake, obtained as a byproduct
Moringa_oleifera
Arrow-Debreu markets with general concave utilities; Computing an envy-free cake cutting with very general valuations is FIXP-complete. They also prove FIXP membership
FIXP
Method of fairly dividing property
authors, but it is instead a procedure for envy-free cake-cutting: it handles heterogeneous resources ("cake") which are more challenging to divide than Adjusted
Adjusted_winner_procedure
American carpenter and television personality (born 1949)
2010 Ace of Cakes episode "Indy, Ice and Improv". Abram is well known for his soft spoken, calm manner of explaining precise, efficient woodworking techniques
Norm_Abram
and at least as good for all individual agents. In the context of fair cake-cutting, the following results are known (where k is the number of groups, and
Fair_division_among_groups
Spice extracted from Vanilla orchids
1111/amet.12636. Forani, Jonathan (20 September 2017). "Eager bakers may face a cake crisis as vanilla supply evaporates". Toronto Star. Archived from the original
Vanilla
American reality television series episodes
basic needs provoke Rick to hire a consultant to make the shop run more efficiently. 250 32 "Chum of All Fears" October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31) Items appraised
List_of_Pawn_Stars_episodes
Theorem on triangulation graph colorings
points and in root-finding algorithms, and are applied in fair division (cake cutting) algorithms. According to the Soviet Mathematical Encyclopaedia (ed.
Sperner's_lemma
Amorphous volcanic glass
Materials, Vol 141, 2017, 201–215. Celik, Atila Gurhan; Kilic, Ahmet Mahmut; Çakal, Gaye Ö. (2013-02-27). "Expanded perlite aggregate characterization for
Perlite
Analog of Pareto efficiency for situations with incomplete information
information. Under Pareto efficiency, an allocation of a resource is Pareto efficient if there is no other allocation of that resource that makes no one worse
Bayesian_efficiency
voting. Algocracy Algorithmic game theory Algorithmic mechanism design Cake-cutting Fair division Hedonic games Brandt, Felix; Conitzer, Vincent; Endriss
Computational_social_choice
Sport where individuals or teams row boats by oar
to reach the catch position. The swinging motion, referred to as "cutting the cake," involves coordinated movements by all rowers, creating a unified
Rowing_(sport)
TV series
the next parish secretary before Father Brown gave the position to the efficient Mrs Burns. When Father Brown and Mrs Devine find his figurine is missing
List_of_Father_Brown_episodes
Protective husk of rice grains
insecurity.[citation needed] Testing and commercialization of human grade anti-caking agents were done in the early 2000s. The material is approved for use in
Rice_hull
Process by which wool on a sheep is cut off
Zealand had to discard the old methods of wool harvesting and evolve more efficient systems to cope with the huge numbers of sheep involved. Shearing was
Sheep_shearing
smaller than 1. This equivalence was proved for goods in the context of cake-cutting by Barbanel. It was extended for bads by Branzei and Sandomirskiy. It
Fractional_Pareto_efficiency
Species of plant
white in colour with a mauve centre. Propagation is either by planting cuttings of the stem shoots, which will root along nodes, or by planting the seeds
Ipomoea_aquatica
even then Burns could not hold a knife while cutting his wedding cake. Hawkeye remarked, "Watch the cake die of malpractice!" Frank had a poor relationship
List_of_M*A*S*H_characters
franchise company that helps make homes clean, safe, healthy and energy efficient, gets down and dirty while tackling masses of mold in a water-damaged
List of Undercover Boss (American TV series) episodes
List_of_Undercover_Boss_(American_TV_series)_episodes
Culinary traditions of the Netherlands
20th centuries, Dutch food and food production was designed to be more efficient, an effort so successful that the country became the world's second-largest
Dutch_cuisine
1993 film by Andrew Davis
performances that they deliver best is just further icing on a cinematic cake ... The Fugitive is suspenseful, action-packed, and intelligent — the kind
The_Fugitive_(1993_film)
farewell party for Michael, by sticking his hands into Michael's goodbye cake, and angrily yelling at it. In his final episode, "The Inner Circle", after
List of The Office (American TV series) characters
List_of_The_Office_(American_TV_series)_characters
Standard example in game theory
from a self-interested standpoint, this Nash equilibrium is not Pareto efficient. The structure of the traditional prisoner's dilemma can be generalized
Prisoner's_dilemma
American software company
development team sent a cake to Mozilla. As a nod to the browser wars, some jokingly suggested that Mozilla should send a cake back along with the recipe
Mozilla_Corporation
Type of stable matching problem
of a stable matching for these participants and their preferences. An efficient algorithm (Irving 1985) is the following. The algorithm will determine
Stable_roommates_problem
profitable, and people rapidly developed flue-curing techniques, a more efficient way of smoke-free curing. Farmers discovered that bright leaf tobacco
Types_of_tobacco
Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990
October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023. "MR AND MRS LEE KUAN YEW CUTTING THEIR WEDDING CAKE AT A …". www.nas.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 29 October
Lee_Kuan_Yew
American reality television series (2012–2016)
Charles' producers to wake him up). Anna, Cynthia's other driver, is efficient and has never had a single customer complaint except from Mary, who has
Mystery_Diners
Dried latex of the opium poppy containing narcotic compounds
positive result was observed from eating two rolls. A slice of poppy seed cake containing nearly five grams of seeds per slice produced positive results
Opium
Species of edible plant
ofukuimo. What is commonly called "sweet potato" (ja:スイートポテト) in Japan is a cake made by baking mashed sweet potatoes. Shōchū, a Japanese spirit normally
Sweet_potato
Comparison between vectors
particular applications of the leximin rule in fair division, see: Leximin cake-cutting Leximin item allocation In Multiple-criteria decision analysis a decision
Leximin_order
Decision rule of maximizing utility
single homogeneous resource; Several rules and algorithms for utilitarian cake-cutting – dividing a heterogeneous resource; A particular rule for fair item
Utilitarian_rule
Species of nut
Christmas desserts, panettone and pandoro. Almond cream cake covered in slivered almonds Danish cream cake covered with marzipan Almonds can be processed into
Almond
Species of flowering plant in the heather family
Award of Garden Merit. Propagation can be done via seed, layering, or cutting. The seed should undergo a one-month cold stratification period, then soaked
Arbutus_unedo
Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic
broken into pieces by hand. It is a rich and heavy cake. The cake commonly known as "Madeira cake" in England is named after Madeira wine. Malasadas are
Madeira
Search algorithm
use the best-first strategy. This can potentially make them more time-efficient, but typically at a heavy cost in space-efficiency. Minimax Expectiminimax
Alpha–beta_pruning
become part of the diet. The rich enjoyed desserts such as pastries, tarts, cakes, and crystallised fruit, and syrup. Among the rich private hospitality was
Economic history of the United Kingdom
Economic_history_of_the_United_Kingdom
'Boston Blue', More". Deadline Hollywood. Alexa, L'Wren (September 29, 2025). "CAKE, Disney Branded Television Sign Deal for Armorsaurs Series". Animation World
2025_in_American_television
British dominion in Asia from 1948 to 1972
rubber prices decreased the earnings, with a rapidly increasing population cutting further into those profits. In the early 1970s, the Ceylon government nationalised
Dominion_of_Ceylon
Ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva
positioned facing the temple kitchen. The offering of Appam (sweetened rice cake fried in ghee) to him is one of the most important offerings at the temple
Vadakkunnathan_Temple
Alcoholic beverage made from palm sap
preferred. It is mainly produced from the lala palm (Hyphaene coriacea) by cutting the stem and collecting the sap. In some areas of India, palm wine is evaporated
Palm_wine
Solution concept of a non-cooperative game
communication. In fact, strong Nash equilibrium has to be weakly Pareto efficient. As a result of these requirements, strong Nash is too rare to be useful
Nash_equilibrium
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
Galton suggested in a letter to the journal Nature a better method of cutting a round cake by avoiding making radial incisions. Studying variation, Galton invented
Francis_Galton
Criterion of fair division
Egalitarian rule - a general social choice rule. Egalitarian cake-cutting and Equitable cake-cutting - similar criteria in the context of dividing a heterogeneous
Egalitarian_equivalence
Class of theorems about Nash equilibrium payoff profiles in repeated games
then it is Pareto efficient and weakly-coalition-individually-rational. On the other hand, if it is Pareto efficient and strongly-coalition-individually-rational
Folk_theorem_(game_theory)
edible plant, with flavor akin to the mustard plant mochi 餅, sticky rice cake napa cabbage 菜っ葉, Chinese cabbage, (in Japan, it is a generic term for leaf
List of English words of Japanese origin
List_of_English_words_of_Japanese_origin
American retail corporation
Favorite Day, a brand that sells bakery, snacks, candy, premium ice cream, cake-decorating supplies, and beverage mixers and mocktails items. It launched
Target_Corporation
Equilibria are not always Pareto efficient, and a number of game theorists design ways to enforce Pareto efficient play, or play that satisfies some
Outcome_(game_theory)
Pairing where no unchosen pair prefers each other over their choice
structure of a finite distributive lattice, and this structure leads to efficient algorithms for several problems on stable marriages. In a uniformly-random
Stable_matching_problem
British film studio
and Lewis Gilbert's Shirley Valentine (1989). Later films include Layer Cake (2004), directed by Matthew Vaughn, and Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Twickenham_Film_Studios
Set of basic shapes which assemble into a polygon
with an equal perimeter and equal area (this is a special case of fair cake-cutting). Any convex polygon can be easily cut into any number n of convex pieces
Polygon_partition
1946 film by Frank Capra
Capra's first film since those he made for the army, is one of the most efficient sentimental pieces since A Christmas Carol. Often, in its pile-driving
It's_a_Wonderful_Life
Low-THC cannabis plant
the seeds, such as by dehulling the seeds, or by using the meal or press cake (also called hemp seed flour) – the remaining fraction of hemp seed obtained
Hemp
Mixture of two or more immiscible liquids
vinaigrettes, homogenized milk, liquid biomolecular condensates, and some cutting fluids for metal working. Two liquids can form different types of emulsions
Emulsion
Asian rice dish
preparing quick meals, allowing ingredients to be cooked evenly and seasoned efficiently in a hot wok. Fried rice thus fit seamlessly into the established culinary
Fried_rice
Reuse of scrap aluminium
aluminium. It involves re-melting the metal, which is cheaper and more energy-efficient than the production of virgin aluminium by electrolysis of alumina (Al2O3)
Aluminium_recycling
Species of domesticated mammal
door-to-door singing carols and getting food and drinks in return, often fruit, cakes and sweets. The Gävle goat is a giant version of the yule goat, erected
Goat
EFFICIENT CAKE-CUTTING
EFFICIENT CAKE-CUTTING
Male
English
 Short form of English Ackerley, ACKE means "oak meadow." Compare with another form of Acke.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and northern French
English (of Norman origin) and northern French : nickname for a bald man, from Anglo-Norman French cauf ‘bald’. Compare Chaffee.English : habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire called Cave, apparently from a river name derived from Old English cÄf ‘swift’.French : metonymic occupational name for someone employed in or in charge of the wine cellars of a great house, from Old French cave ‘cave’, ‘cellar’ (Latin cavea, a derivative of cavus ‘hollow’).French, possibly also English : topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave, from the same word as in 3 in an older sense.
Male
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin lacus, LAKE means "pond, lake."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, Cade, a survival of the Old English personal name or byname Cada, which is probably from a Germanic root meaning ‘lump’, ‘swelling’.English : metonymic occupational name for a cooper, from Middle English, Old French cade ‘cask’, ‘barrel’ (of Germanic origin, probably akin to the root mentioned in 1).English : nickname for a gentle or inoffensive person, from Middle English cade ‘domestic animal’, ‘pet’ (of unknown origin).French (Cadé) : topographic name from cade ‘juniper’ (from Latin catanus).Bearers of the name Caddé, from Amiens, were documented in Quebec city by 1670.
Male
English
 Middle English variant form of English Jack "God is gracious." Short form of English Jacob, JAKE means "supplanter."
Surname or Lastname
Reduced form of Irish McCage, a variant of McCaig.English (East Anglia)
Reduced form of Irish McCage, a variant of McCaig.English (East Anglia) : from Middle English, Old French cage ‘cage’, ‘enclosure’ (Latin cavea ‘container’, ‘cave’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker and seller of small cages for animals or birds, or a keeper of the large public cage in which petty criminals were confined for short periods of imprisonment.
Girl/Female
Indian
Efficiency, Care
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a pass or narrow valley, from Old English hraca ‘throat’, or a habitational name from any of the minor places deriving their name from this word, such as Rake in Devon or The Rake in Sussex.English and Dutch : from Middle English, Middle Dutch rake ‘rake’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such implements or as a nickname for a tall thin man. (The expression ‘lean as a rake’ is found in Chaucer.)
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English cake denoting a flat loaf made from fine flour (Old Norse kaka), hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker who specialized in fancy breads. It was first attested as a surname in the 13th century (Norfolk, Northamptonshire).
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rahulraj | ராஹà¯à®²à®°à®¾à®œ
Efficient, Capable
Rahulraj | ராஹà¯à®²à®°à®¾à®œ
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Efficient
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Christian, English
Pond; Lake
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Country)
English (chiefly West Country) : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Old English lacu, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example in Wiltshire and Devon. Modern English lake (Middle English lake) is only distantly related, if at all; it comes via Old French from Latin lacus. This meaning, which ousted the native sense, came too late to be found as a place name element, but may lie behind some examples of the surname.Part translation of French Beaulac.
Male
Finnish
Pet form of Finnish Aarne, AAKE means "eagle."
Male
English
Short form of English Caleb, CALE means "dog" or "rabid."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Dakshhtha | தகà¯à®·à®¾à®¹à®¤à®¾
Efficiency, Care
Dakshhtha | தகà¯à®·à®¾à®¹à®¤à®¾
Girl/Female
Arabic
Efficient
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Kate, CATE means "pure."
Male
Swedish
 Swedish pet form of Scandinavian Axel, ACKE means "father of peace." Compare with another form of Acke.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, Irish
Rope-maker; A Cape
EFFICIENT CAKE-CUTTING
EFFICIENT CAKE-CUTTING
Girl/Female
Tamil
Gift, Donation
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Most just equitable
Girl/Female
Indian, Sikh
Winner; Successful
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Blissful Dwelling
Boy/Male
Tamil
Pruthviraj | பரதà¯à®µà¯€à®°à®¾à®œ
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Short.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Flame; Lamp
Male
English
Middle English and Old French vernacular form of Late Latin Jacomus, from Greek Iakobos, JAMES means "supplanter." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of several characters, including two apostles and a half-brother of Jesus.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Loving
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n.
Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.
v. t.
To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
a.
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
a.
Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.
n.
A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.
n.
The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
n.
A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
a.
Sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation.
n.
An efficient cause; a prime mover.
n.
Alt. of Efficiency
a.
Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
v. t.
To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.
imp. & p. p.
of Cake
a.
Making or doing throughly; efficient; effectual.
n.
A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.
n.
Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.
v. i.
To form into a cake, or mass.
a.
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.
n.
A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.
a.
Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.