maximum
See also: Maximum
English edit
Etymology edit
Via French from Latin maximum.
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Noun edit
maximum (plural maxima or maximums)
- The highest limit.
- 1806, P. Colquhoun, A Treatise on Indigence:
- 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
- (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
- (mathematical analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
- (statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
- (snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
- Synonyms: 147, maximum break
- (colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts.
- (colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
- (colloquial) maximum security
- 1983 April 23, Alice Thompson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
- I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area.
Usage notes edit
- Maxima is the more common plural, especially for the technical senses.
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- (statistics): measure of location
- extremum
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highest limit
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math: greatest value
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statistics: largest value of a batch
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maximum (not comparable)
- To the highest degree.
- Synonym: maximal
- Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.
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highest degree
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maximum n
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- See maxim
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Dutch edit
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maximum n (plural maxima or maximums, diminutive maximumpje n)
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- Afrikaans: maksimum
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Pronunciation edit
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maximum m (plural maxima or maximums)
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Further reading edit
- “maximum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
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maximum
- inflection of maximus:
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maximum n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of maximum (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) maximum | maximumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) maximum | maximumului |
vocative | maximumule |