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optimisation

optimisation is the alternative spelling of optimization.

Meaning of optimization

Noun

optimization (countable and uncountable, plural optimizations)

  1. The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
  2. The reduction of a program or algorithm to its most efficient form, as during compilation, by removing unused portions of code and improving the speed or resource usage of others.

Forms of optimisation

pluraloptimisations

Origin of optimisation

From optimise + -ation.

Words formed from optimisation

Phrases with optimisation

Questions about optimisation

What is optimisation the alternative spelling of?
Optimisation is the alternative spelling of optimization.

Words near optimisation in the dictionary

  1. optimes
  2. optimeter
  3. optimeters
  4. optimific
  5. optimisable
  6. optimisation
  7. optimisations
  8. optimise
  9. optimised
  10. optimiser
  11. optimisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: optimisation (page history and authors); optimization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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