Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The greatest possible quantity or degree.
- n. The greatest quantity or degree reached or recorded; the upper limit of variation.
- n. The time or period during which the highest point or degree is attained.
- n. An upper limit permitted by law or other authority.
- n. Astronomy The moment when a variable star is most brilliant.
- n. Astronomy The magnitude of the star at such a moment.
- n. Mathematics The greatest value assumed by a function over a given interval.
- n. Mathematics 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.
- adj. Of, relating to, or making up a maximum: a maximum number in a series.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The greatest amount, quantity, or degree; the utmost extent or limit: opposed to minimum, the smallest.
- n. In mathematics, that value of a function at which it ceases to increase and begins to decrease.
- Greatest: as, the maximum velocity.
Wiktionary
- n. The highest limit.
- n. mathematics The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
- n. analysis An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
- n. statistics The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
- n. colloquial, snooker A 147 break; the highest possible break.
- n. colloquial, darts A score of 180 with three darts.
- n. colloquial, cricket A scoring shot for 6 runs.
- adj. To the highest degree.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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 . - adj. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained
WordNet 3.0
- adj. the greatest or most complete or best possible
- n. the greatest possible degree
- n. the largest possible quantity
- n. the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
Etymologies
- French from Latin maximum. (Wiktionary)
- Latin, from neuter of maximus, greatest; see meg- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This is an interactive kinda thing, as he challenges his readers, Reply with a title maximum of four words about which you'd like me to write a fast fiction of exactly 200 words, together with a single word you want me to include in the text of the tale.”
“POMEROY: Well, as far as tonight goes, we already were at what we call maximum deployment.”
“National police commissioner George Fivaz said he agreed farmers should take what he described as maximum self-defence steps, but within the ambit of the law.”
“Very little drop in maximum velocity and very accurate.”
“The maximum is a year in jail, but the new law would have permitted up to five years.”
The Huffington Post: Attacks On Homeless To Be Hate Crimes In Florida
“Micro-usb is far inferior in maximum bandwidth, electrical interference, and physical strength.”
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Technocratic Standard-Setting Urge
“And even if the official bearish projections turn out to be true, the shortfall could be made up easily by subjecting investment income to Social Security taxes, and by eliminating the cap that exempts wage income above a certain maximum ($68,400 in 1998).”
Defending Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“And Fed officials framed their decision as being designed to fulfill its "dual mandate" to maintain maximum employment and stable prices.”
The Washington Post: Fed to inject $600 billion into economy
“So locking someone up in maximum security and putting them on trial for mass murder or attempted mass murder (with the death penalty as a potential outcome) is treating them “nicely”?”
Matthew Yglesias » The Anti-Terror Right’s Incentive Problem
“I believe that once a few corporate executives are found guilty and sent to be rehabilitated for dozens of years in maximum security federal prisons, existing companies will be far more careful about how they conduct business.”
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