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Optimum   /ˈɑptəməm/   Listen
Optimum

noun
(pl. optima, optimums)
1.
Most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances.





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"Optimum" Quotes from Famous Books



... a range of temperature most favourable to its vital activity. Above this optimum, the vital activity diminishes, till a maximum is reached, when it ceases altogether, and if this point be maintained for a long time the plant is apt to be killed. Similarly, the vital activity is diminished if the temperature be lowered below the optimum, and again, at a minimum point ...
— Response in the Living and Non-Living • Jagadis Chunder Bose


Words linked to "Optimum" :   goodness, good, optimise, optimize, best


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