Optimal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Most favorable or desirable; optimum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Best possible; most desirable; optimum.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Best; most favorable: specifically, in experimental psychology, referring to the frequency or duration of stimuli, to the length of intervals between experiments, etc., so timed as to allow of most accurate reproduction or apprehension, or of most adequate attentive preparation: as, the optimal interval for reproduction, the optimal preparation-time, the optimal rate of recurrence, the optimal rhythm, etc.
  • Of or pertaining to the optimum, as of temperature, moisture, etc. See optimum.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
  • Equivalent
    best   
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    Words with the same meaning
    optimum    ideal    best   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    optimum    overall    maximum    approximate    specific    operational    linear    adequate    operate    acceptable