optimization
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the fact of optimizing; making the best of anything.
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the condition of being optimized.
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Mathematics. a mathematical technique for finding a maximum or minimum value of a function of several variables subject to a set of constraints, as linear programming or systems analysis.
Etymology
Origin of optimization
Example Sentences
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"With further optimization of cavity structures and material systems, vacuum-fluctuation coupling may enable more pronounced and widely applicable control of quantum states," said Prof. Zeng.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Now diners seem increasingly sensitive to the moment when all that optimization scrubs away specificity.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Even now, I struggle to do things for myself that aren’t for the sake of optimization.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
But the uses most likely to show returns were IT asset and cost optimization, synthetic data generation and code generation, according to respondents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
But once self-control and self-evaluation, as feedback mechanisms under our own control become the means of optimization, the burden is shifted from Big Brother, bureaucracies, and regulations to the individual.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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