optimum

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Jackson also noted that once temperatures rise above the optimum, the range in which organisms can survive becomes narrower.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

The engineers have to work out how best to deploy whatever energy they can recover through a lap for the optimum performance.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 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

It’s where you want your bat to meet the ball, the spot where the optimum amount of energy gets transferred.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner