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optimal
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Word definitions for optimal in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
optimal \op"ti*mal\, a. Best possible; most desirable; optimum; as, the optimal concentration of a drug.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug" [syn: optimum ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"most favorable," 1890, from Latin optimus (see optimum ). Originally a word in biology. Related: Optimally .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN level ▪ A policy stronger than the optimal level will be a less effective stabilizer. ▪ Working with the purchasing department, the production manager ensures that plant inventories are maintained at their optimal ...
Usage examples of optimal.
SNP profile that bioinformatics or some other data suggests will be optimal.
These were optimal for a robot, even a humaniform, with the added benefit of reducing her energy use to a minimum.
The hypercharged lithium-anode battery had a life of fifty hours at an optimal cruising speed of three knots.
It had the robot accent, like an R Peed unit, the standard English of optimal soothingness long settled on as the conventional robot voice.
These were tactics the Army had planned to use against Warsaw Pact tanks if a shooting war had erupted during the Cold War, and they seemed optimal for the sort of desert war the United States had waged when it evicted Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
After all, the walls of the monastery mark off a place of prayerful silence intended to create optimal conditions for meditative living.
The smart cars had calmly packed themselves up in an optimal queuing pattern, but their frustrated drivers were pounding at their horns, and heat haze rose in a shimmer in the humid air.
If you have the well-rounded goals of optimal weight loss, antiaging, and wellness, your H.
The interactive Zone Training programs automatically adjust resistance to keep you in your target heart-rate zone for optimal fat-burning or cardiovascular conditioning.
Still, taking on two Migs with an aircraft in less than optimal condition was not something I thought of as good odds.
Supplements using these DHA-rich oils solve the problem of getting enough DHA for optimal brain function for the vegetarian.
SMU, got herself almost lined up, overcorrected, corrected again, and with about ten feet to go was only a few feet off the optimal location.
The reproduction rate of Spirulina is 40X per 24 hour period, therefore one ton becomes 40 tons in one day under the most optimal conditions.
What are the optimal coatings for protection against atomic oxygen and can they be coated onto carbon nanotubes and epoxy?
What’s more, some say the ratio of brain size to body size—the so-called cephalization, which is a more accurate measurement of intelligence than mere brain size when projected across an entire species—is also more optimal by a factor of point twelve.