figure of merit

1. 1.

   a numerical expression representing the efficiency of a given system, material, or procedure

   Broaderefficiency

Questions about figure of merit

What does figure of merit mean?

figure of merit means "a numerical expression representing the efficiency of a given system, material, or procedure".

Is figure of merit a common word?

figure of merit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.