[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Intelligent direction of effort towards the achievement of a goal or end.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913). From ancient Greek -τελεσις (only attested in compounds, e.g. ἐπιτέλεσις completion, Hellenistic Greek ἀποτέλεσις production) from τελεῖν to finish, complete + -σις