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optimal

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Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective optimal has 1 sense

optimal(s = adj.all) optimum - most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug"

Derived form noun optimum₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

optimal, a.

Best possible; most desirable; optimum; as, the optimal concentration of a drug. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

optimal, adj. best or most favourable, esp. under a particular set of circumstances.

Derivative

optimally adv.

Etymology

L optimus best

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THESAURUS

optimal

best, champion, choice, elect, elite, for the best, greatest, handpicked, matchless, optimum, paramount, peerless, picked, prime, prize, quintessential, select, supreme, surpassing, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, very best

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