maximum meaning
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- NounPLmaximaPLmaximumsPREmaxi-
- The highest limit.
- (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
- (analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
- (statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
- (colloquial, snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
- (colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts.
- (colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
- The highest limit.
- Adjective
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The maximum concentration of rhodocytin, a potent CLEC-2 agonist, resulted in release of approximately 60% 5-HT or PDGF, whereas CASMCs stimulated 20% release from WT platelets.
- This suggested that the maximum concentration in cells without producing any cytoxicity was around 100 nM for the candidate molecules.
- The patient bites on a registration template in maximum intercuspidal position.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of maximum in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Nouns with irregular plurals
- Countable nouns
- Nouns with irregular plurals
- Adjectives
- fr maximum
- fr maximums
- en maximums
- en maximumly
- en maximum wage
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "maximum" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a nouns with irregular plural and a countable noun.