эффективный

см. тж. высокоэффективный; давать хорошие результаты; целесообразный

Profitable operation of high-speed machine-tools ...

Hydrogen is attractive as a fuel.

This practice is more appropriate than changing the course of rivers.

Before adequate methods had been developed, ...

This theory does not always work.

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