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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Best Fit A resource allocation scheme (usually for memory). Best Fit tries to determine the best place to put the new data. The definition of 'best' may differ between implementations, but one example might be to try and minimise the wasted space at the end of the block being allocated - i.e. use the smallest space which is big enough. By minimising wasted space, more data can be allocated overall, at the expense of a more time-consuming allocation routine. Compare First Fit. (1997-06-02). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Mathematics | The term is used especially in relation to the fitting of theoretical distributions to observation and the fitting of regression lines. The excellence of the fit is often measured by some criterion depending on the squares of differences between observed and theoretical value, and if the criterion has a minimum value the corresponding fit is said to be best. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BEST FIT |
| Specialty definitions using "BEST FIT": First Fit ♦ geomagnetic coordinates ♦ NAD83. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But what reason can hence advance this care of the parents due to their off-spring into an absolute arbitrary dominion of the father, whose power reaches no farther, than by such a discipline, as he finds most effectual, to give such strength and health to their bodies, such vigour and rectitude to their minds, as may best fit his children to be most useful to themselves and others; and, if it be necessary to his condition, to make them work, when they are able, for their own subsistence. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Philippines | The AFP is jointly working with the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) in formulating the framework and guidelines for the implementation of a countertrade program that would best fit the country's economy. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
best fit line | 22 |
best fit | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BEST FIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | best fit, bedste tilpasning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beste aanpassing, best passende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paras yhteensopivuus, paras sijoituspaikka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | meilleur ajustement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beste Anpassung, best fit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βέλτιστη προσαρμογή, άριστη προσαρμογή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | il migliore adattamento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estbay itfay melhor ajustamento. (various references) mejor ajuste, mejor adecuación, ajuste óptimo. (various references) bästa anpassning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"BEST FIT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bestfit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-f-i-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: befits. | |
-2 letters: befit, bites, bitts, feist. | |
-3 letters: best, bets, bise, bite, bits, bitt, efts, fets, fibs, fist, fits, seif, sett, sift, site, stet, test, tets, ties, tits. | |
-4 letters: bet, bis, bit, efs, eft, fet, fib, fie, fit, ifs, its, sei, set, sib, sit, tet, tie, tis, tit. | |
-5 letters: be, bi, ef, es, et, if, is. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-f-i-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: frostbite. | |
+3 letters: butterfish, frostbites. | |
+4 letters: afterbirths, butterflies, frostbitten. | |
+5 letters: battlefields, beautifulest, butterfishes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 53 54 46 49 54 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01010011 01010100 00100000 01000110 01001001 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E S T   F I T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 0053 0054 0046 0049 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363953542404354 |
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