ALL meanings of maximum
max·i·mum
M m - noun maximum The greatest or highest amount possible or attained. 1
- noun maximum upper limit 1
- noun maximum greatest extent 1
- noun plural maximum the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc. 1
- adjective maximum fullest 1
- noun plural maximum the highest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded. 1
- adverb maximum at the most 1
- noun plural maximum an upper limit allowed or allowable by law or regulation. 1
- noun plural maximum Mathematics. 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. the point in the domain at which a maximum occurs. 1
- adjective maximum that is a maximum; greatest or highest possible or attained: maximum satisfaction; maximum temperature. 1
- adjective maximum pertaining to a maximum or maximums. 1
- noun maximum The highest limit. 0
- noun maximum (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function. 0
- noun maximum (analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set. 0
- adjective maximum You use maximum to describe an amount which is the largest that is possible, allowed, or required. 0
- noun maximum (statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution. 0
- adjective maximum Maximum is also a noun. 0
- noun maximum (Colloquial) (snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break. 0
- adjective maximum You use maximum to indicate how great an amount is. 0
- noun maximum (Colloquial) (darts) A score of 180 with three darts. 0
- adverb maximum If you say that something is a particular amount maximum, you mean that this is the greatest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a smaller amount is acceptable or very possible. 0
- noun maximum (Colloquial) (cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs. 0
- noun maximum the greatest possible amount, degree, etc 0
- adjective maximum To the highest degree. 0
- noun maximum the highest value of a variable quantity 0
- noun maximum a value of a function that is greater than any neighbouring value 0
- noun maximum a stationary point on a curve at which the tangent changes from a positive value on the left of this point to a negative value on the right 0
- noun maximum the largest number in a set 0
- noun maximum the time at which the brightness of a variable star has its greatest value 0
- noun maximum the magnitude of the star at that time 0
- adjective maximum of, being, or showing a maximum or maximums 0
- noun maximum the greatest quantity, number, or degree possible or permissible 0
- noun maximum the highest degree or point (of a varying quantity, as temperature) reached or recorded; upper limit of variation 0
- noun maximum the largest of a specified set of real numbers 0
- adjective maximum greatest possible, permissible, or reached 0
- adjective maximum of, marking, or setting a maximum or maximums 0