efficiency, \(\eta\)

of a step
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E01902
The ratio between the useful energy delivered or bound and the energy supplied, i.e. energy output/energy input. It is also used in the sense of a quantitative measure of the relative rate of a given step involving a species with respect to the sum of the rates of all of the parallel steps which depopulate that species.
See also:
quantum yield
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2238 [Terms] [Paper]