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maximum
/ˈmæksəməm/
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What does maximum mean?
noun
- The highest limit.
- The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
- An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
More meanings (6)
noun
- The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
- A 147 break; the highest possible break.
- A score of 180 with three darts.
- A scoring shot for 6 runs.
- maximum security
adjective
- To the highest degree.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmæksəməm/
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See this word in context.
Our organism can only support a certain maximum of joy, pain, or effort, and it cannot support that maximum for long together.
If a Fan be constructed on this common-sense principle, we shall secure the maximum of blast from the minimum of driving power.
More book examples (3)
The parts of a machine work with a maximum of cooperativeness for a common result, but they do not form a community.
The power unit was a 40 horse-power Daimler motor, driving two propellers and giving a maximum speed of 26 miles per hour.
There was, Mr. Lanchester said, a loose connection between the average velocity of the wind and the maximum speed of the gusts.