optimal
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- optimality noun
- optimally adverb
- superoptimal adjective
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It said depletions at its distributor customers in China were above what it called optimal levels amid lower consumption of top-tier wines.
There were times when she thought that surfing, meditating and getting a “million tarot readings” were the optimal solutions.
From Los Angeles Times
Construction work halts, planes are grounded and military training gets suspended to facilitate an optimal testing environment.
From BBC
This interface plays a central role in the oxygen evolution reaction by helping intermediate molecules bind and detach at optimal rates.
From Science Daily
Would Roth conversions be optimal between retirement and age 73, or would required minimum distributions at 73 result in uncomfortably high taxes?
From MarketWatch
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