Main Entry: op·ti·mi·za·tion

Pronunciation: \ˌäp-tə-mə-ˈzā-shən\

Function: noun

Date: 1857

: an act, process, or methodology of making something (as a design, system, or decision) as fully perfect, functional, or effective as possible; specifically : the mathematical procedures (as finding the maximum of a function) involved in this