optimal size
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoptimalandsize
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optimal
adjective
uk/ˈɒp.tɪ.məl/us/ˈɑːp.tə.məl/
best; most likely to bring success ...
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size
noun
uk/saɪz/us/saɪz/
how large or small something or ...
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One important implication involves theoptimalsizeof the public sector.
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By such means, ecologists would come to play a key role in assessing theoptimalsizeand distribution of all animal and plant populations.
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Only distortionary taxes which affect theoptimalsizeof the public sector can be used.
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For some time there has been debate over theoptimalsizeof a pollen count.
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The test drifted in the cell's preferred direction and drift rate, and was windowed by a disk ofoptimalsize.
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For the low-risk economies, theoptimalsizeof government should be reduced by about 2-3% to 0.097-0.098.
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When there is technical change, theoptimalsizeof family-based operations tends to increase.
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More than 70% of the pension funds in the sample have boards beyond theoptimalsize.
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If the larvae are too small, logs are held for additional time to allow the larvae to develop to theoptimalsize.
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More than 90% of the pension funds in our sample are below theoptimalsize.
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Spots of preferred contrast and ofoptimalsizeevoked an initial transient depolarization followed by a smaller sustained component that was maintained throughout stimulus presentation.
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Theoptimalsizeof the pulmonary trunk after plication is near normal.
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We believe that determining theoptimalsizeof this network is an interesting problem.
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After isolation of the unit, its receptive field was mapped on a tangent screen with a hand-held projector to determine the preferred orientation,optimalsize, and velocity of the stimulus.
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The ideological stance of the government refines the model by measuring more precisely the true position of each party towards theoptimalsizeof the nationalized business sector.
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After isolation of a unit, the receptive field was mapped on a tangent screen with a hand-held projector to determine the preferred orientation,optimalsize, and velocity of the stimulus.
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The various grains which have sizes less than theoptimalsizeare sustained in the sheath at different positions and thus form the dust atmosphere within the sheath.
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