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optimal
English
Etymology
From the Latin optimus +? -al.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??pt?m?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??pt?m?l/
Adjective
optimal (not comparable)
- The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
- Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.
- (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.
Synonyms
- best, ideal, optimum
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Related terms
- suboptimal
Noun
optimal (plural optimals)
- The best of its kind
French
Etymology
From the Latin optimum suffixed with -al.
Adjective
optimal (feminine singular optimale, masculine plural optimaux, feminine plural optimales)
- optimal
Further reading
- “optimal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pti?ma?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
optimal (comparative optimaler, superlative am optimalsten)
- optimal (perfect)
- optimal (as good as possible under a given condition)
- very good
Usage notes
The comparation forms are considered incorrect by some prescriptivists, and are widely restricted to less formal usage.
Declension
Further reading
- “optimal” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
From French optimal
Adjective
optimal m or n (feminine singular optimal?, masculine plural optimali, feminine and neuter plural optimale)
- optimal
Declension
optimal From the web:
- what optimal means
- what's optimal blood pressure
- what's optimal condition
- what's optimal cpu temperature
- what's optimal health
- what's optimal value
- what's optimal heart rate
- what's optimal sleep
suboptimally
English
Etymology
suboptimal +? -ly
Adverb
suboptimally (comparative more suboptimally, superlative most suboptimally)
- In a less than optimal manner.
suboptimally From the web:
- what does suboptimally visualized mean
- what does suboptimally mean
- what does suboptimally evaluated mean
- what does suboptimally distended mean
- what is suboptimally controlled asthma
- what is a suboptimally distended bladder
- what does suboptimal mean on ultrasound
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