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optime

/ˈɒptɪmeɪ/

optime noun: a student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.

Noun

optime (plural optimes)

  1. (Cambridge University) A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
    • The winning of even a single optime was very rare. Upon winning the second optime, Hamilton “became a celebrity in the intellectual circle of Dublin; and invitations, embarrassing from their number, poured in upon him. . .” (2,I; 209)1994, Michael J. Crowe, A History of Vector Analysis: The Evolution of the Idea of a Vectorial System, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 20

Forms of optime

pluraloptimes

Origin of optime

Borrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.

Questions about optime

What does optime mean?
Optime means a student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
What part of speech is optime?
Optime is a noun.
How do you pronounce optime?
Optime is pronounced /ˈɒptɪmeɪ/.
What is the plural of optime?
The plural of optime is optimes.

Words near optime in the dictionary

  1. optimals
  2. optimate
  3. optimates
  4. optimation
  5. optimations
  6. optime
  7. optimedin
  8. optimes
  9. optimeter
  10. optimeters
  11. optimific

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