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

Derived forms: optimizations

Type of: improvement

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