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Definition of efficacy

Efficacy
Efficacy Ef"fi*ca*cy, n. [L. efficacia, fr. efficax. See Efficacious.] Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. ``Of noxious efficacy.' --Milton. Syn: Virtue; force; energy; potency; efficiency.

Meaning of efficacy from wikipedia

- Look up efficacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Efficacy is the ability to perform a task to a satisfactory or expected degree. The word comes from...
- In psychology, self-efficacy is an individual's belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals. The concept was originally...
- Vaccine efficacy or vaccine effectiveness is the percentage reduction of disease cases in a vaccinated group of people compared to an unvaccinated group...
- Luminous efficacy is a measure of how well a light source produces visible light. It is the ratio of luminous flux to power, measured in lumens per watt...
- In the sociology of crime, the term collective efficacy refers to the ability of members of a community to control the behavior of individuals and groups...
- The efficacy of prayer has been studied since at least 1872, generally through experiments to determine whether prayer or intercessory prayer has a measurable...
- In political science, political efficacy is the citizens' trust in their ability to change the government and belief that they can understand and influence...
- Technological self-efficacy (TSE) is "the belief in one's ability to successfully perform a technologically sophisticated new task". TSE does not highlight...
- The Ninety-five Theses or Dis****tion on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences is a list of propositions for an academic dis****tion written in 1517 by...
- psychotherapy. The efficacy of hypnotherapy is not well supported by scientific evidence, and, due to the lack of evidence indicating any level of efficacy, it is...