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tehostaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accentuate verb To make something more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
  • optimize verb To adjust something so that it works as well or as efficiently as possible.
  • streamline verb To make a process simpler and more efficient by removing unnecessary steps.
  • supercharge verb To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.

Senses

tehostaa is used for these senses in English:

  • accentuate (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize. [from 1865]
  • optimize (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
  • streamline (transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
  • supercharge (transitive) To make faster or more powerful.

optimize — full definition

  1. verb To adjust something so that it works as well or as efficiently as possible.
  2. verb To adapt content, a page or a listing so that it performs better in search engines or algorithmic feeds.
  3. verb In mathematics and computing, to find the values that give the best result for a given objective function, subject to constraints.

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