"optimization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: optimizations [plural]
Etymology: From optimize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|optimize|ation}} optimize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} optimization (countable and uncountable, plural optimizations)
  1. The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense): օպտիմալացում (ōptimalacʻum) (Armenian), оптимиза́ция (optimizácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), optimització [feminine] (Catalan), 優化 (Chinese Mandarin), 优化 (yōuhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), optimalizace [feminine] (Czech), optimering [common-gender] (Danish), optimalisatie [feminine] (Dutch), optimointi (Finnish), optimisation [feminine] (French), optimización [feminine] (Galician), ოპტიმიზაცია (oṗṭimizacia) (Georgian), Optimierung (German), βελτιστοποίηση (veltistopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), optimalizálás (Hungarian), bestun [feminine] (Icelandic), optimalisasi (Indonesian), pengoptimalan (Indonesian), ottimizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 最適化 (saitekika) (alt: さいてきか) (Japanese), pengoptimuman (Malay), optimalisering (Norwegian Bokmål), optimalisering (Norwegian Nynorsk), optymalizacja [feminine] (Polish), otimização [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), optimização [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), optimizare [feminine] (Romanian), оптимиза́ция (optimizácija) [feminine] (Russian), optimizacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), optimalizacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), optimalizácia [feminine] (Slovak), optimización [feminine] (Spanish), optimering (Swedish), optimizasyon (Turkish), оптиміза́ція (optymizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-optimization-en-noun-DRWiw0nv Disambiguation of 'the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense': 98 2
  2. (programming) The reduction of a program or algorithm to its most efficient form, as during compilation, by removing unused portions of code and improving the speed or resource usage of others. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: optimisation Related terms: linear programming
Derived forms: combinatorial optimization, constrained optimization, continuous optimization, convex optimization, discrete optimization, global optimization, micro-optimization, optimization problem, peephole optimization, premature optimization, search engine optimization, stochastic optimization, tail-call optimization, unconstrained optimization

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      "word": "optymalizacja"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "optimizare"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense",
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      "word": "оптимиза́ция"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "optymizácija",
      "sense": "the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense",
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