optimum

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Once temperatures move beyond this optimum, however, performance declines rapidly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

There are concerns over the unusual techniques required of drivers to ensure that the new engines, which have a 50-50 split between internal combustion and electrical power, have sufficient battery charge for optimum performance.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The concern over the start process is centred on the increased amount of time it takes to get the turbos in the engines spooled up to the right speed for the optimum launch.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

“It doesn’t operate at the optimum performance that was originally modeled, but it still generates electricity for 120,000 homes in California,” Hogan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Alvarez’s own record, he argued, proved that the lab had reached the optimum balance between work on the cyclotron and work with the cyclotron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik