0 the part of a surface that gives the most power for the least effort, for example when hitting a ball:
Each new golf club had some kind of breakthrough, such as a lighter alloy or a wider sweet spot.
The toe and heel of the binding float symmetrically as the ski flexes, keeping you centered on the sweet spot.
Ideally, you find a sweet spot where no part of your body feels as if it's working too hard.
He seemed to be searching for a sweet spot between his campaign-trail affability and the decorum expected of a president.
The 250-kilowatt to two-megawatt units hit a "sweet spot" for smallish industrial customers - enough to power a brewery, for example.
This leaves programmers free to write readable programs without paying a performance penalty-a rare "sweet spot" in the readability-performance trade-off.
The heads have become larger and the hitting area (or sweet spot) has expanded.
It managed to hit a sweet spot between usability and functionality-millions of users with no formal training in programming were suddenly enabled to create custom applications of their own.
