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  • noun Plural form of optimum.

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Examples

  • Inaccessible optima which is roughly the idea of irreducible complexity are no more accessible to humans than they are to evolution.

    Coopting cooption - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • I recently got a cva optima, and have been pretty happy with it. its my first muzzleloader and it has held up pretty well considering I may not have cleaned as well as I should have after the first round of shooting.

    muzzleloaders 2010

  • I have a CVA optima, simple to use, I shoot Jim Shockeys gold pellets so measureing charges and clean up is a breeze and powerbelt bullets they slide in smooth and shoot terrific. plus it adds on a whole new season if you missed your opportunity on a big buck, oh and recoil is a small fraction of my slug gun

    Okay muzzleloaders! I know NOTHING about these rifles, please inform and entertain me with your wisdom! 2009

  • Personally, I've been looking at the CVA optima ($199.99).

    This summer Im looking at buying a muzzleloader. Any suggestions? 2009

  • I have a CVA optima, simple to use, I shoot Jim Shockeys gold pellets so measureing charges and clean up is a breeze and powerbelt bullets they slide in smooth and shoot terrific. plus it adds on a whole new season if you missed your opportunity on a big buck, oh and recoil is a small fraction of my slug gun

    Okay muzzleloaders! I know NOTHING about these rifles, please inform and entertain me with your wisdom! 2009

  • I recently got a cva optima, and have been pretty happy with it. its my first muzzleloader and it has held up pretty well considering I may not have cleaned as well as I should have after the first round of shooting.

    muzzleloaders 2010

  • Guts: My understanding is that RV&NS can reach local optima, but has trouble with global optima because they tend to get stuck in the former, and finding global optima is like "finding a needle in a haystack".

    The Weasel Thread 2009

  • Slim-Fast optima caramel crispy peanut MEAL on-the-go bars -- sole in paperboard boxes, 6 bars per box, 1.97 oz. (56 g) any with assorted best-if-used by dates.

    Items under the peanut recall | In Depth - syracuse.com admin 2009

  • My understanding is that RV&NS can reach local optima, but has trouble with global optima because they tend to get stuck in the former, and finding global optima is like "finding a needle in a haystack".

    The Weasel Thread 2009

  • Slim-Fast optima caramel crispy peanut MEAL on-the-go bars -- sole in paperboard boxes, 6 bars per box, 1.97 oz. (56 g) any with assorted best-if-used by dates.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

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