Optime
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɒptɪmeɪ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Optime is a noun meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
Example Sentences
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)
Word Forms
- optimes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include superiorization, biordinal, octic, hyperclass, penultimate, octile.
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