maxima

From Latin maxima (“greatest”).

maxima (plural maximæ or maximas)

1. (music) A music note equal to two (or sometimes three) longæ; in modern notation, this is typically equivalent to eight semibreves.

Due to the practices of prolation and mensuration in mediæval and Renaissance music, the precise length of a maxima varies widely, from as short as eight semibreves to as long as twenty-seven. In modern usage, where imperfect prolation is assumed in all cases, a maxima is taken to be worth eight semibreves. See the Wikipedia article on mensural notation for more information.

• larga
• duplex longa
• (American) octuple whole note

maxima

1. plural of maximum

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maxima

1. Plural form of maximum

• IPA^(key): /mak.si.ma/

maxima

1. plural of maximum

maxima m

1. plural of maximum

maxima

1. nominative feminine singular of maximus
2. nominative neuter plural of maximus
3. accusative neuter plural of maximus
4. vocative feminine singular of maximus
5. vocative neuter plural of maximus

maximā

1. ablative feminine singular of maximus

• maxima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)