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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Maximum \Max"i*mum\, a. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: maximum adj : the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure" [syn: {maximal}] [ant: {minimal}, {minimal}] n 1: the largest possible quantity [syn: {upper limit}] [ant: {minimum}] 2: the greatestest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: {utmost}, {uttermost}, {level best}] 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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