optimizer

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noun

A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.

OriginEnglish optimize ← French optimiste ← Latin optimus →
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Meanings

nounoptimizer (plural optimizers)

plural optimizers

  1. A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
  2. computingA program that uses linear programming to optimize a process.
  3. computingA compiler or assembler that produces optimized code.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Latinoptimus
  5. Frenchoptim(isme)
  6. Frenchoptimiste
  7. Englishoptimistbf.
  8. Englishoptimize
  9. Englishoptimizer

From optimize + -er.

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Translations

German Optimierer
  • OptimiererTranslations
Italian ottimizzatore
  • ottimizzatoreTranslations
Spanish optimizador
  • optimizadorTranslations
Swedish optimerare
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Cite this entry
APA

optimizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optimizer

MLA

“optimizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optimizer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “optimizer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optimizer.

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