Definition of optimal
: most desirable or satisfactory : optimum the optimal use of class time the optimal dosage of medication for a patient conditions for optimal development
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Examples of optimal in a Sentence
He keeps his engine tuned for optimal performance.
Under optimal conditions, these plants grow quite tall.
Recent Examples of optimal from the Web
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The optimal timing of eating may depend on various factors unique to each individual.
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However, simply adopting an uppercut swing isn't enough — a ball hit at the optimal angle in the air still has to be hit hard to become a home run.
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Those additions resulted in less-than-optimal exhibit space that was a warren of hallways.
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Staging a home is a presale process that aims to lean on a home's best features, presenting it in an optimal light to sell for the highest price - and in the shortest amount of time.
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The Commerce Department reported Tuesday morning that the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation rose just 1.5 percent over the 12 months ending in April, well below the 2 percent annual pace that the Fed regards as economically optimal.
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Inevitably, declarations of full employment will come either before or after that optimal spot.
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Branyan said this type of traffic signal is optimal at intersections where pedestrians outnumber vehicles.
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In a Pareto optimum, one person could be rich while 10 starve to death; the situation is optimal in that the 10 cannot be made any better off without making the one worse off.
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First Known Use of optimal
1890
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