What does optimal mean?

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ˈɒp tə məlop·ti·mal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. optimum, optimaladjective

    most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied

    "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug"

GCIDE

  1. optimaladjective

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

Wiktionary

  1. optimaladjective

    The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction

    Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.

  2. Etymology: From the optimum suffixed with -al.

Wikipedia

  1. optimal

    Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled optimisation) or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element, with regard to some criterion, from some set of available alternatives. It is generally divided into two subfields: discrete optimization and continuous optimization. Optimization problems of sorts arise in all quantitative disciplines from computer science and engineering to operations research and economics, and the development of solution methods has been of interest in mathematics for centuries.In the more general approach, an optimization problem consists of maximizing or minimizing a real function by systematically choosing input values from within an allowed set and computing the value of the function. The generalization of optimization theory and techniques to other formulations constitutes a large area of applied mathematics. More generally, optimization includes finding "best available" values of some objective function given a defined domain (or input), including a variety of different types of objective functions and different types of domains.

ChatGPT

  1. optimal

    Optimal refers to the most favorable, desirable or best outcome in a certain situation or condition. It represents the highest degree of effectiveness or efficiency, or the most advantageous point, value or state, often within certain constraints or under certain criteria or requirements.

CrunchBase

  1. Optimal

    Optimal Inc. is the leading social media advertising and analytics platform.Optimal helps brands and advertisers manage social advertising campaigns in real-time with its media acquisition and optimization platform (Optimal), and proprietary audience analytics suite (Audience Matrix, Keyword Explorer, Keyword Expander). Optimal's analytics suite generates actionable insights as to who to target, and the Optimal ad platform manages these campaigns automatically and efficiently. Optimal provides both full service and self-service options to accommodate the varying needs of different organizations. As a member of Facebook's Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) program, Optimal enhances the overall social media research, buying, and optimization process.The company is based in San Francisco, with satellite offices in Palo Alto, New York City, and Chicago. For more information, please visit http://www.optimalsocial.com.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of optimal in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of optimal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of optimal in a Sentence

  1. Philip Dawson:

    We don't pretend to have all the answers and the proposals in the [ plan ] are not final, but we think that Toronto and Canada are well positioned to work with Waterfront [ Toronto ] and Sidewalk Labs on determining the optimal outcome for this district.

  2. Lorne Baring:

    The CDS (credit default swap) market is indicating a future financial stress for bond holders in the banking sector. There are concerns that the banking sector is under-capitalised in Europe and credit conditions are sub-optimal, and when combined with the global macro backdrop, with Chinese growth slowing down, there is a natural impact of it around the world and the banking sector is bearing the brunt. There could be a wave of defaults in the energy sector and that will damage the balance sheet of the banking sector.

  3. Paul Brody:

    Renewable and sustainable power and cooling systems are a second but far less optimal solution.

  4. Tarun Kataria:

    India is perhaps the only market globally where (government) deals are done for zero fees, it's massively sub-optimal for the issuer since the bankers are not sufficiently incentivised to get the best possible price execution from global investors.

  5. Michael Walker:

    Guinea grass grows six inches a day in optimal conditions and a six-foot tall patch of grass can throw 20-foot flame lengths, so what we have here are really fast-moving, very hot, very dangerous fires.

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