maximum

Via French from Latin maximum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæksɪməm/
• Hyphenation: max‧i‧mum

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maximum (plural maxima or maximums)

1. The highest limit
   • P. Colquhoun

     Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.

2. (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function
3. (mathematical analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set
4. (statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution
5. (colloquial, snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break
6. (colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts
7. (colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs

• Maxima is the more common plural, especially for the technical senses.

• max

• minimum

• (statistics): measure of location
• extremum

maximum (not comparable)

1. To the highest degree.

   Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.

   Synonym: maximal

• supremum

maximum n

1. maximum

• minimum

• maximum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• maximum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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maximum n (plural maxima or maximums, diminutive maximumpje n)

1. maximum

• IPA^(key): /mak.si.mɔm/

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maximum m (plural maxima or maximums)

1. maximum

• maximal

• “maximum” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

maximum

1. nominative neuter singular of maximus
2. accusative masculine singular of maximus
3. accusative neuter singular of maximus
4. vocative neuter singular of maximus