optimal
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒptɪməl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑptɪməl/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
optimal (not comparable)
- The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
- Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.
- (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
the best
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French
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “optimal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔptiˈmaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
optimal (strong nominative masculine singular optimaler, comparative (colloquial) optimaler, superlative (colloquial) am optimalsten)
Usage notes
The comparation forms are considered incorrect by some prescriptivists, and are widely restricted to less formal usage.
Declension
Positive forms of optimal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist optimal | sie ist optimal | es ist optimal | sie sind optimal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | optimaler | optimale | optimales | optimale |
genitive | optimalen | optimaler | optimalen | optimaler | |
dative | optimalem | optimaler | optimalem | optimalen | |
accusative | optimalen | optimale | optimales | optimale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der optimale | die optimale | das optimale | die optimalen |
genitive | des optimalen | der optimalen | des optimalen | der optimalen | |
dative | dem optimalen | der optimalen | dem optimalen | den optimalen | |
accusative | den optimalen | die optimale | das optimale | die optimalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein optimaler | eine optimale | ein optimales | (keine) optimalen |
genitive | eines optimalen | einer optimalen | eines optimalen | (keiner) optimalen | |
dative | einem optimalen | einer optimalen | einem optimalen | (keinen) optimalen | |
accusative | einen optimalen | eine optimale | ein optimales | (keine) optimalen |
Comparative forms of optimal
Superlative forms of optimal
Romanian
Adjective
optimal m or n (feminine singular optimală, masculine plural optimali, feminine and neuter plural optimale)
Declension
Declension of optimal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | optimal | optimală | optimali | optimale | ||
definite | optimalul | optimala | optimalii | optimalele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | optimal | optimale | optimali | optimale | ||
definite | optimalului | optimalei | optimalilor | optimalelor |
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