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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : op-tuh-muhm |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp tə məm |
Definition of optimum
Origin :- 1879, from Latin optimum, neuter singular of optimus "best" (used as a superlative of bonus "good"), probably related to ops "power, resources" (in which case the evolution is from "richest" to "the most esteemed," thus from PIE root *op- "to work") or to ob "in front of," with superlative suffix *-tumos. Originally in biology, in reference to "conditions most favorable" (for growth, etc.). As an adjective from 1885.
- adj best
- Nothing is more pleasant than a day of this optimum kind in May or June.
- Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
- Cultivation has been carried far beyond the optimum regions.
- Extract from : « The Apple-Tree » by L. H. Bailey
- My cousin, young Denny Swinton, was to dine with me that evening at the Optimum.
- Extract from : « Phroso » by Anthony Hope
- It will be very seldom that a plant is likely to be found at the optimum.
- Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
- In the present case the optimum temperature is in the neighbourhood of 35C.
- Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
- Let us take two extreme conditions, the optimum and the minimum.
- Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
- Either above or below that Optimum one passes towards slavery.
- Extract from : « Mankind in the Making » by H. G. Wells
- Some of us have not been able to perceive at all clearly the optimum lines of action.
- Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
- It had been displaced a full fifteen degrees on the topside of optimum power!
- Extract from : « Spillthrough » by Daniel F. Galouye
- "But I am here to conduct an experiment in optimum ecology," said the robot.
- Extract from : « The Ego Machine » by Henry Kuttner
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