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Noun: optimisation  ,óp-tu-mI'zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: optimization)
  1. The act of rendering optimal
    "the simultaneous optimisation of growth and profitability"; "in an optimisation problem we seek values of the variables that lead to an optimal value of the function that is to be optimized"; "to promote the optimisation and diversification of agricultural products";
    - optimization

Derived forms: optimisations

Type of: improvement

Encyclopedia: Optimisation