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Definition of Optimums
1. optimum [n] - See also: optimum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Optimums
Literary usage of Optimums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses by William Horatio Bates (1920)
"Such objects I have called optimums. On the other hand, there are some objects
which persons with normal eyes and ordinarily normal sig-ht always see ..."
2. Integrating Social Science & Ecosystem Management: A National Challenge by Linda Caldwell, Shela Mou (1997)
"The "ologists" also believe in optimums but there is a distinct and necessary
difference. Where economists must consider costs in developing their optimums, ..."
3. Vorlesungen über Pflanzenphysiologie by Ludwig Jost (1908)
"Befindet sich der Pflanzenteil unterhalb des optimums, so wird die wärmere Seite
sich stärker verlängern als die andere, die Krümmung muß also negativ ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"JC Bradley: "The Plaiting of the Wings of Hymenoptera." TJ Headlee: "An Apparatus
for the Determination of optimums of Temperature and Moisture for Insects. ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"He says that the proteid and ternary optimums should be determined rather by the
experience of the race than by chemical analysis—a statement which will ..."
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