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optimal

[op-tuh-muhl] / ˈɒp tə məl /


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"This ensures optimal coupling of the metasurface to the detection elements," notes corresponding author Wladislaw Michailow, who led the research at the University of Cambridge and later at Swansea University in the UK.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

A member of the diving team that recovered the bodies of Italian scuba divers in the Maldives has said the equipment they were found with "was not optimal".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Stronger stewardship and listed companies’ shift toward greater capital efficiency, shareholder returns and optimal leverage should lift their price-to-earnings and price-to-book multiples.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Strip that away “and what emerges is a picture of a company that has found an optimal vehicle to fuel its Bitcoin acquisition effort,” Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer wrote in an email to clients Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

While one interatomic contact was slightly shorter than optimal, it was not out of line with several published values, and I was not disturbed.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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