"optimal" meaning in English

See optimal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒptɪməl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑptɪməl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-optimal.ogg
Etymology: From Latin optimus + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|la:optimus|-al}} Latin optimus + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} optimal (not comparable)
  1. The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction. Tags: not-comparable Translations (the best): օպտիմալ (ōptimal) (Armenian), լավագույն (lavaguyn) (Armenian), ամենալավ (amenalav) (Armenian), аптыма́льны (aptymálʹny) (Belarusian), оптимален (optimalen) (Bulgarian), òptim (Catalan), 最佳的 (zuì jiā de) (Chinese Mandarin), optimální (Czech), optimaalinen (Finnish), optimal (French), óptimo (Galician), optimal (German), άριστος (áristos) (Greek), βέλτιστος (véltistos) (Greek), אופטימלי (optimáli) (Hebrew), optimális (Hungarian), legjobb (Hungarian), legkedvezőbb (Hungarian), legelőnyösebb (Hungarian), 最適な (saiteki na) (alt: さいてきな) (Japanese), оңтайлы (oñtaily) (Kazakh), optymalny (Polish), ótimo [Brazil] (Portuguese), óptimo [Portugal] (Portuguese), оптима́льный (optimálʹnyj) (Russian), лу́чший (lúčšij) (Russian), наилу́чший (nailúčšij) (Russian), óptimo (Spanish), optimal (Swedish), оптима́льний (optymálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-optimal-en-adj-aSRcW0UI Disambiguation of 'the best': 69 31
  2. (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: best, ideal, optimum Derived forms: degree-optimal, optimality, optimally, Pareto optimal, Pareto-optimal, suboptimal, supraoptimal, time optimal control problem

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒptɪməl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑptɪməl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-optimal.ogg Forms: optimals [plural]
Etymology: From Latin optimus + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|la:optimus|-al}} Latin optimus + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} optimal (plural optimals)
  1. The best of its kind
    Sense id: en-optimal-en-noun-fDZgvlRM

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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "оптима́льний"
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