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Optimum   /ˈɑptəməm/   Listen
Optimum

adjective
1.
Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied.  Synonym: optimal.  "Optimal concentration of a drug"






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"Optimum" Quotes from Famous Books



... substantiam esse corpus in quo conservatur Essentia, prout auri in auro latet Essentia. Juxta quod Practicam nobis ad Memoriam ponimus, ut non obliviscamur, ad hunc modum: Recipe Vinum vetustissimum & optimum quod habere poteris, calore saporeque ad placitum, hoc in vas vitreum infundas ut tertiam ejus partem impleat, & sigillo Hermetis occlusum in equino ventre mensibus quatuor, & in continuato calore teneatur qui non deficiat. Quo peracto, Hyeme cum frigus & gelu maxime saeviunt, his per mensem ...
— The Sceptical Chymist • Robert Boyle

... intended to give him the honour of my company. He said he would be pleased to take me "en pension." He then {15} asked how much I wished to pay. I hadn't for the life of me an idea of what I ought to pay. "Ut tibi optimum videtur," I said. But he made me fix my price. Then, when I had fixed it, I had to turn it into Swiss money. The good Pfarrer was so pleased with the honour of my company that he took me for less than I asked. Our greatest difficulty next arose: How was my ...
— Letters to His Friends • Forbes Robinson

... methods, in which solutions that are strongly acid or alkaline are employed, it is however necessary to fix the structure much more strongly. But here, too, an excess as well as an insufficiency must be guarded against. It is easy with the few staining fluids that are in use to ascertain the optimum ...
— Histology of the Blood - Normal and Pathological • Paul Ehrlich

... In making time exposures the camera shutter must be held open for the desired time. Personnel with photographic experience may desire to use cut film with the fingerprint camera. A few tests will determine the optimum exposure times for any particular type ...
— The Science of Fingerprints - Classification and Uses • Federal Bureau of Investigation



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



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