Optimum
Word: optimumOptimum Meanings:
- Best possible or most desirable; -- usually under a restriction expressed or implied; as, an optimum return on capital; optimum concentration of a drug; an optimum result
- The most favorable condition, greatest degree, or largest amount possible under given circumstances
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑptɪməm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒptɪməm/
- The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
- (geology, paleontology, climatology) Any long period of time marked by a persistently warm climate; a climatic optimum.
- The best or most advantageous; surpassing all others. Synonyms: best, ideal, optimal
- “optimum”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “optimum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- inflection of optimus: accusative masculine singular
- optimum (the best or most favorable condition)