Associations to the word «Optimal»

Wiktionary

OPTIMAL, adjective. The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
OPTIMAL, adjective. (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.

Dictionary definition

OPTIMAL, adjective. Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.