Associations to the word «Optimum»

Wiktionary

OPTIMUM, noun. The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
OPTIMUM, adjective. Best or most advantageous; surpassing all others

Dictionary definition

OPTIMUM, noun. Most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances.
OPTIMUM, adjective. Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope