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optimize, v.|ˈɒptɪmaɪz|
[f. L. optim-us best + -ize, after optimism.]
1. intr. To act as an optimist; to take favourable views of circumstances.
1844Gladstone Glean. (1879) V. 118 Neither are we of those who pretend to optimise upon the present condition of the Church.
2. a. trans. To make the best or most of; to develop to the utmost.
1857Sat. Rev. III. 306/1 This is an incomplete view..but it is so far borne out by fact that both parties to the suit accept it, and endeavour to optimize it. 1894Westm. Gaz. 20 Mar. 2/3 We have the two optimised in the blundering and bad taste of this wanton act.
b. To render optimal.
1946[see beam n.1 24]. 1958New Scientist 17 July 410/1 They could optimise the designs to be submitted..for the first three nuclear power stations to be built in Britain. 1965Economist 15 May 788 The shape of the aircraft, i.e. its geometry, can be optimised for what ever it happens to be doing. 1966T. Lupton Managem. & Social Sci. ii. 44 To optimize any one of these elements does not necessarily result in a set of conditions optimal for the system as a whole. 1974[see prec.]. 1975Nature 10 Apr. 498/2 If the expected signal wavelength is known there are specialised methods which can optimise the sensitivity of such an experiment. 1978N.Y. Times 30 Mar. C 11/4 As a small businessman, you never really understand the importance of optimizing time and effort.
3. intr. To become optimal.
1971Nature 23 July 251/1 The eight radii model quoted cannot optimize to the two layer model above. 1972Physics Bull. Feb. 91/3 The bonding of p electrons in the broadside on (π) arrangement optimizes at shorter distances than that in the end on (σ) position.
Hence ˈoptimizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1877Gladstone Glean. (1879) I. 160 The optimising side of the question. 1880W. Cory Mod. Eng. Hist. 128 The theories fabricated by their optimising defenders.
Add: ˈoptimized ppl. a.
1862Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Yrs. in India ii. 38 Visions of reformed lavatories and optimized bathing apparatus. 1980Dædalus Spring 42 The demands of an optimized whole may require some concessions among parts. |