The Collaborative International Dictionary
optimize \op"ti*mize`\ ([o^]p"t[i^]*m[imac]z`) v. t. [imp. & p. p. optimized ([o^]p"t[i^]*m[imac]zd`); p. pr. & vb. n. optimizing ([o^]p"t[i^]*m[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
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To make as useful, effective, or functional as possible; as, to optimize the speed of a computer program.
Syn: optimise.
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To get the most out of; to use to the best effect; to exploit fully; as, to optimize one's return on investment.
Syn: make optimal, optimise.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: optimize)
Usage examples of "optimized".
Small variations in the parameters of the progeny universes will therefore lead to some that are even more optimized for black hole production than their parent universe, and have an even greater number of offspring universes of their own.
It's computronium, matter optimized at the atomic level to support computing, and they're all running uploads – Dad figured our own solar system could support, uh, about a hundred billion times as many inhabitants as Earth.
The command bridge was optimized for flatscreen viewing, the conference table folded out like a jackknife, all seats facing the hi-res screen.
Easiest to conform to one plan and speak one tongue optimized for your comprehension.
Poorly optimized circuitry, excessively complex low-bandwidth sensors, messily global variables –"
These heavily optimized fake stem cells – biological robots in all but name – spawn like cancer, ejecting short-lived anucleated secondary cells.
Originality is at a premium, and the human neural architecture isn't optimized for it – we are, by disposition, a conservative species, because in a static ecosystem, that provides the best return on sunk reproductive investment costs.
Starships' boats could operate in atmospheres, but they weren't optimized for the duty.
Tools optimized for Molt hands, crates, a coil of fencing, and other impedimenta were stacked around the walls, but the two square meters in the center of the shed were clear.
The greatest need for slaves was on the planets of the Reaches where automated factories had built up huge stockpiles of microchips immediately after the Collapse, and where a few of the production lines were still operable, capable of turning out chips optimized for specialized needs.
This is a computer optimized for computer animation work, but it can also operate as an Internet host.
This is a computer optimized for research at the University of New Mexico.
Drug therapies were tried out in advance on models which incorporated specific genetic and biochemical traits, allowing doses to be optimized and any idiosyncratic side-effects anticipated and avoided.
Zai and ExO Hobbes had optimized the ship's offensive weaponry at the expense of it defenses, orienting its entire arsenal on the task of destroying the Rix receiver array.
All five were surrounded by shoals of missile pods, waiting to tractor themselves to their hulls upon command, but they weren't really optimized for pod-based combat.