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maximum en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Via French from Latin maximum.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) To the highest degree.
Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.
Each Piccadilly Line train consists of seven cars, the construction of the stations below ground making this the maximum length.
1960 March 14, “New Stock for the Piccadilly Line of London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 203:
Deriveds
maximal · maximize · maximum cut · local maximum · maximum wage · maximum permitted mileage · super-maximum · maximin · submaximum · maximumly · supramaximum · glacial maximum · Q-max · maximum attack · interference maximum · maxout · maximum-security · maximum throughput · antimaximum · supermaximum · maximum limit · maximum security · maximum usable frequency · solar maximum · maximum break · minimax · maximum seek time · Dymaxion · global maximum · maximum holding time · maximative · maximum card · maximon
Relateds
supremum
Synonyms
utmost · highest · extreme · ferocious · maximal · passing · raging · ultimate · ultimate · uttermost · almighty · greatest · extreme · exquisite · maximum · maximal · intense
Translations (28)
es máximo (highest degree) · cmn 最大 (highest degree) · cmn 極大 /极大 (highest degree) · te గరిష్ఠ (highest degree) · ja 極大 (highest degree) · tl higdulin (highest degree) · mr कमाल (highest degree) · kk ең жоғары (highest degree) · pt máximo (highest degree) · fi mahdollisimman suuri (highest degree) · vi tối đa (highest degree) · fi maksimi- (highest degree) · io maxima (highest degree) · it massimo (highest degree) · fr maximal (highest degree) · ja 最大 (highest degree) · de maximal (highest degree) · tr maksimum (highest degree) · ru максима́льный (highest degree) · hi अधिकतम (highest degree) · bg максимален (highest degree) · ca màxim (highest degree) · el μέγιστος (highest degree) · el ανώτατος (highest degree) · mr जास्तीत जास्त (highest degree) · fi maksimaalinen (highest degree) · ml പരമാവധി (highest degree) · fr maximum (highest degree)
maximum en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Via French from Latin maximum.
Meanings
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The highest limit.
This is the fundamental principle of good legislation. It is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness and the minimum of misery
1806, P. Colquhoun, A Treatise on Indigence:
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The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
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An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
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The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
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A 147 break; the highest possible break.
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(colloquial) A score of 180 with three darts.
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(colloquial) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
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(colloquial) maximum security
I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area.
1983 April 23, Alice Thompson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
Forms
Antonyms
minimum
Hypernyms
extremum · measure of location
Synonyms
maximum break · 147 · max
Translations (79)
de Maximum (highest limit) · cs maximum (math: greatest value) · hi सबसे ज़्यादा (highest limit) · ka არაუმეტესი (highest limit) · bg максимум (highest limit) · es máximum (math: greatest value) · te గరిష్ఠం (highest limit) · fa ماکسیمم (statistics: largest value of a batch) · fr maximum (highest limit) · fi suurin arvo (statistics: largest value of a batch) · fa ماکسیمم (highest limit) · ru ма́ксимум (statistics: largest value of a batch) · af maksimum (highest limit) · mi mōrahi (math: greatest value) · cmn 最大 (highest limit) · eo maksimumo (highest limit) · cy uchafswm (highest limit) · ca màxim (highest limit) · el ανώτατο όριο (highest limit) · bg максимум (math: greatest value) · ru ма́ксимум (highest limit) · hu maximum (math: greatest value) · io maximo (highest limit) · fa ماکسیمم (math: greatest value) · fa بیشینه (highest limit) · fr maximum (plural maxima m or maximums m) (math: greatest value) · cmn 最大值 (math: greatest value) · de höchstmöglich (highest limit) · vi cực điểm (highest limit) · it massimo (highest limit) · ja 極大 (highest limit) · fi maksimi (highest limit) · tl higdulan (math: greatest value) · fa بیشینه (math: greatest value) · vi cực đại (math: greatest value) · gl máximo (highest limit) · pt máximo (highest limit) · hi अधिकतम (math: greatest value) · pl maksimum (highest limit) · hi अधिकतम (highest limit) · id maksimum (math: greatest value) · tr en fazla (highest limit) · fi suurin arvo (math: greatest value) · id maksimum (highest limit) · cs maximum (highest limit) · ru ма́ксимум (math: greatest value) · mi mōrahi (statistics: largest value of a batch) · el άκρον άωτον (highest limit) · fi maksimi (math: greatest value) · cmn 極大 /极大 (highest limit) · ja 最大 (highest limit) · ro maxim (highest limit) · fi yläraja (highest limit) · id pagu (highest limit) · ka მაქსიმუმი (highest limit) · pt máximo (math: greatest value) · he מֵרַב (highest limit) · te గరిష్ఠం (math: greatest value) · de Maximum (math: greatest value) · he מַקסִימוּם (highest limit) · ast máximu (math: greatest value) · la maximum (highest limit) · fi maksimiarvo (statistics: largest value of a batch) · sv maximum (math: greatest value) · id plafon (highest limit) · ms maksimum (highest limit) · es máximo (math: greatest value) · mi tihi (highest limit) · ro maximum (highest limit) · hy մաքսիմում (highest limit) · it massimo (math: greatest value) · mi mōrahi (highest limit) · es máximo (highest limit) · gl máximo (math: greatest value) · es máximum (highest limit) · ca màxim (math: greatest value) · sv maximum (highest limit) · es máximum (statistics: largest value of a batch) · sv maximum (statistics: largest value of a batch)