maximum
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Adjective (1)
Noun (3)maxima
- the largest possible quantitySynonyms: upper limitOpposite lower limitType of extremum, large indefinite quantityKinds limit of liability
- the greatest possible degree“he tried his utmost”Synonyms: utmostuttermostlevel bestType of limit, bound
- the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the rightOpposite minimumType of limit
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Translations
Noun highest limit
Adjective highest degree
- Spanish
- máximo
- French
- maximum
- Italian
- massimo
- Portuguese
- máximo
- Russian
- максима́льный maksimálʹnyj
- Chinese
- 最大 zuìdà
- Japanese
- 最大 saidai
- Polish
- maksymalny
- Swedish
- maximal
- Indonesian
- maksimal
11 more languages
- Vietnamese
- tối đa
- Portuguese (PT)
- máximo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 最大 zuìdà
- Catalan
- màxim
- Finnish
- maksimaalinen
- Georgian
- მაქსიმალური maksimaluri
- Hebrew
- מקסימלי maksimali
- Lithuanian
- maksimalus
- Malagasy
- ambony indrindra
- Romanian
- maxim
- Serbo-Croatian
- maksimalan
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See Maxim.
The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; — opposed to minimum.
Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.— Patrick Colquhoun
Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.
Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54