Optimal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  optimal \op"ti*mal\, a.
     Best possible; most desirable; optimum; as, the optimal
     concentration of a drug.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  optimal
       adj : most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or
             implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal
             concentration of a drug" [syn: {optimum}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "optimal":
     best, champion, choice, elect, elite, for the best, greatest,
     handpicked, matchless, optimum, paramount, peerless, picked, prime,
     prize, quintessential, select, supreme, surpassing, unmatchable,
     unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, very best
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  optimal
       
          1.  Describes a solution to a problem which
          minimises some {cost function}.  {Linear programming} is one
          technique used to discover the optimal solution to certain
          problems.
       
          2.  Of code: best or most efficient in time,
          space or code size.
       
          (1995-10-05)