Most favorable or desirable; optimum, Best possible; most desirable; optimum, The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction

make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring, receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies, transitive To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of, To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp, in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma, intransitive To be granted an academic degree or diploma, To grant an academic degree or diploma to, To divide into marked intervals, especially for use in measurement, noun_ One who has received an academic degree or diploma, A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker, adjective_ holding an academic degree, relating to an academic degree

make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring