Optimum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The point at which the condition, degree, or amount of something is the most favorable.
  • n. Biology The most favorable condition for growth and reproduction.
  • adj. Most favorable or advantageous; best.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
  • adj. best or most advantageous; surpassing all others
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Best possible or most desirable; -- usually under a restriction expressed or implied.
  • n. The most favorable condition, greatest degree, or largest amount possible under given circumstances.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, one of the three cardinal points of temperature — namely that point at which the metabolic processes are carried on with the greatest activity.
  • n. The term is applicable not only to the factor of heat, but also to those of light, moisture, etc. The optimum for each several function must be distinguished from the total optimum for the plant, the most intense activity of a function often being injurious. According to Schimper, that condition which secures the highest intensity of a function is its absolute optimum; that which secures its most favorable activity is its harmonic optimum; and the harmonic optima together compose the œcological optimum for the plant.
  • Best; most desirable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
  • adj. most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
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    best   
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    goodness    good   
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    optimal    approximate    maximum    overall    preset    operate    nominal    operational    precise    acceptable