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Maximum

Maximum Meaning & Definition
Maximum Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maximum?

[n] the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost"
[n] the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
[n] the largest possible quantity
[adj] the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maximum: greatest | highest | largest | level best | maximal | outside | peak(a) | supreme | top | upper limit | utmost | uttermost

Related Terms | Find terms related to Maximum: abundance | acmatic | acme | affluence | all | ample sufficiency | ampleness | amplitude | apex | apical | apogee | authority | authorization | avalanche | be-all and end-all | best | blue ribbon | bonanza | bountifulness | bountiousness | brow | bumper crop | cap | capital | ceiling | championship | chief | climactic | climax | cloud nine | command | comprehensive | consequential | considerable | consummate | control | copiousness | crest | crown | crowning | culmen | culmination | deep | directorship | dominion | edge | effectiveness | end | exhaustive | extravagance | extreme | extreme limit | extremity | exuberance | fertility | first place | first prize | first-class | first-rate | flood | flow | foison | full | full measure | fullness | generosity | generousness | grand | grave | great | great abundance | great plenty | greatest | gush | head | headmost | headship | heaven | heavens | heavy | hegemony | height | high noon | highest | highest degree | highest pitch | highest point | imperium | influence | intense | irresistible | jurisdiction | kingship | landslide | lavishness | leadership | liberality | liberalness | limit | lordship | lots | luxuriance | main | management | mastership | mastery | maximal | meridian | meridional | mighty | more than enough | most | mountaintop | much | myriad | myriads | ne plus ultra | new high | no place higher | noon | nth degree | numerousness | opulence | opulency | outpouring | outside | overflow | overmost | palms | paramount | paramountcy | peak | pinnacle | pitch | plenary | plenitude | plenteousness | plentifulness | plenty | point | pole | power | powerful | preeminent | presidency | prevalence | primacy | prodigality | productiveness | profuseness | profusion | quantities | record | repleteness | repletion | rich harvest | rich vein | richness | ridge | riot | riotousness | rule | say | scads | serious | seventh heaven | shower | sky | sovereignty | spate | spire | stream | strong | substantiality | substantialness | summit | summital | superabundance | superlative | supremacy | supreme | sway | teemingness | the whole | tip | tip-top | top | top spot | topmost | top-notch | total | ultimate | upmost | upper extremity | upper limit | uppermost | utmost | utmost extent | uttermost | vertex | vertical | very top | wealth | zenith | zenithal

See Also | boundary | bounds | extremum | large indefinite amount | large indefinite quantity | limit | limit | peak

Maximum In Webster's Dictionary

\Max"i*mum\, n.; pl. {Maxima}. [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. --P. Colquhoun. {Maximum thermometer}, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.
\Max"i*mum\, a. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.

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