optimum

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

The CQC told me it accepts that the timescale is not optimum, but says it has to balance speed and the importance of getting comprehensive findings right.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

But these were largely assuaged by a new start line procedure that was trialled at the test, which gives the drivers more time to get the turbos spinning at the optimum speed.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 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

But what is the optimum way, given severe constraints on size, cost and power requirements, to search for microbes on Mars?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan