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optimization

[ op-tuh-muh-zey-shuhn ]

  1. the fact of optimizing; making the best of anything.
  2. the condition of being optimized.
  3. Mathematics. a mathematical technique for finding a maximum or minimum value of a function of several variables subject to a set of constraints, as linear programming or systems analysis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of optimization1

First recorded in 1855–60; optimize + -ation

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Example Sentences

Optimization techniques allow people to discover you, just like the meta-text of a website.

Revenge, it seems, is a dish best served through search engine optimization.

In this optimization phase I was able to turn a 27 step process into a 22 step process which I was actually pretty happy with.

Their version of journalism is to focus on things like “keyword density” and search-engine optimization.

Many local languages and their literacies of relative, restricted significance emerge as instruments of optimization.

Industrial society is probably the climax of this optimization effort.

Among the functions pursued are provability, optimization, and precision.

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