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maximum
- /ˈmæksɪməm/
Where it comes from
Via French from Latin maximum.
noun maxima · maximums
- The highest limit. This is the fundamental principle of good legislation. It is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness and the minimum of misery
- 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.
- 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 I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area.
Similar: max
adjective
- To the highest degree. Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.
