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max·i·mum

Audio Help [mak-suh-muh

m] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -mums, -ma

Audio Help [-muh] Pronunciation Key, adjective

–noun

1.	the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc.

2.	the highest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded.

3.	an upper limit allowed or allowable by law or regulation.

Mathematics.

a.	Also called relative maximum, local maximum. the value of a function at a certain point in its domain, which is greater than or equal to the values at all other points in the immediate vicinity of the point. Compare absolute maximum.

b.	the point in the domain at which a maximum occurs.

–adjective

5.	that is a maximum; greatest or highest possible or attained: maximum satisfaction; maximum temperature.

6.	pertaining to a maximum or maximums.

[Origin: 1730–40; < L, n. use of neut. of maximus, superl. of magnus great, large

]

—Related forms

max·i·mum·ly, adverb

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max·i·mum Audio Help (māk'sə-məm) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. max·i·mums or max·i·ma (-mə)

1. The greatest possible quantity or degree.
2. The greatest quantity or degree reached or recorded; the upper limit of variation.
3. The time or period during which the highest point or degree is attained.
4. The moment when a variable star is most brilliant.
5. The magnitude of the star at such a moment.
6. The greatest value assumed by a function over a given interval.
7. The largest number in a set.
An upper limit permitted by law or other authority.
Astronomy
1. The moment when a variable star is most brilliant.
2. The magnitude of the star at such a moment.
3. The greatest value assumed by a function over a given interval.
4. The largest number in a set.
Mathematics
1. The greatest value assumed by a function over a given interval.
2. The largest number in a set.

adj.

Having or being the greatest quantity or the highest degree that has been or can be attained: maximum temperature.
Of, relating to, or making up a maximum: a maximum number in a series.

[Latin, from neuter of maximus, greatest; see meg- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
maximum

1740, from L. maximum, neut. of maximus "greatest," superl. of magnus "great, large" (see magnum). Maximize was formed in Eng. 1802, first attested in Bentham, who used it often.

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maximum
adjective
1.	the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure" [syn: maximal] [ant: minimal]
noun
1.	the largest possible quantity [ant: lower limit]
2.	the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: utmost]
3.	the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right [ant: minimum]

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maximum [ˈmӕksiməm] adjective

greatest
Example: This requires maximum effort / the maximum amount of effort.

Arabic:	أقْصى حَد
Chinese (Simplified):	最大的
Chinese (Traditional):	最大的
Czech:	maximální
Danish:	maksimal; maksimum-
Dutch:	maximaal
Estonian:	maksimaalne
Finnish:	maksimaalinen
French:	maximum
German:	höchst
Greek:	μέγιστος
Hungarian:	maximális
Icelandic:	hámark
Indonesian:	maksimum
Italian:	massimo

Japanese:	最大の
Korean:	최대의
Latvian:	maksimāls
Lithuanian:	didžiausias, maksimalus
Norwegian:	maksimum, høyeste
Polish:	maksymalny
Portuguese (Brazil):	máximo
Portuguese (Portugal):	máximo
Romanian:	maximum
Russian:	максимальный
Slovak:	maximálny
Slovenian:	maksimalen
Spanish:	máximo
Swedish:	högst, störst, maximi-
Turkish:	en büyük, maksimum

maximum [ˈmӕksiməm-mə] noun

the greatest number or quantity or the highest point or degree
Example: Two hundred an hour is the maximum we can produce.

Arabic:	الحَد الأقْصى
Chinese (Simplified):	最大数（量）
Chinese (Traditional):	最大數, *量
Czech:	maximum
Danish:	det meste; det højeste
Dutch:	maximum
Estonian:	maksimum
Finnish:	suurin määrä
French:	maximum
German:	das Maximum
Greek:	(το) μέγιστο, το μάξιμουμ
Hungarian:	maximum
Icelandic:	hámark
Indonesian:	maksimum
Italian:	massimo

Japanese:	最大限
Korean:	최대수, 최대량, 최고점
Lithuanian:	didžiausias kiekis, maksimumas
Norwegian:	det meste, *høyeste, maksimum
Polish:	maksimum
Portuguese (Brazil):	máximo
Portuguese (Portugal):	máximo
Romanian:	maxim(um)
Russian:	максимум
Slovak:	maximum
Slovenian:	višek
Spanish:	máximo
Swedish:	maximum
Turkish:	en büyük değer

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maximum Audio Help (māk'sə-məm) Pronunciation Key
Plural maximums or maxima

The greatest known or greatest possible number, measure, quantity, or degree.
The greatest value of a mathematical function, if it has such a value.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Maximum

Max"im\, n. [F. maxime, L. maxima (sc. sententia), the greatest sentence, proposition, or axiom, i. e., of the greatest weight or authority, fem. fr. maximus greatest, superl. of magnus great. See Magnitude, and cf. Maximum.]

1. An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.

'T is their maxim, Love is love's reward. --Dryden.

2. (Mus.) The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large.

Syn: Axiom; aphorism; apothegm; adage; proverb; saying. See Axiom.

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Maximum

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.

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