Definitions for optimum

optimum op·ti·mum

Spelling: [op-tuh-muh m]
IPA: /ˈɒp tə məm/

Optimum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in optimum (immoptu).

Definitions for optimum

noun

  1. the best or most favorable point, degree, amount, etc., as of temperature, light, and moisture for the growth or reproduction of an organism.
  2. the greatest degree or best result obtained or obtainable under specific conditions.

adjective

  1. most favorable or desirable; best:

Origin of optimum

1875-80; Latin: noun use of neuter of optimus best, suppletive superlative of bonus good

Examples for optimum

I read Anthropometry of Algerian Women and optimum Handle Height for a Push-Pull Type Manually Operated Dryland Weeder.

In the present case the optimum temperature is in the neighbourhood of 35C.

As for the search, which will soon resume, Soelisto confessed that “the capability of our equipment is not optimum.”

My cousin, young Denny Swinton, was to dine with me that evening at the optimum.

Nothing is more pleasant than a day of this optimum kind in May or June.

The last two years was sort of the optimum personal fun, because we were the majority.

Cultivation has been carried far beyond the optimum regions.

Even salt is chemically broken down and rebuilt for optimum flavor.

Let us take two extreme conditions, the optimum and the minimum.

One reason for that is filmmakers shot with 16mm lenses on hand-cranked cameras for optimum authenticity.

Word Value for optimum
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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