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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024max•i•mum /ˈmæksəməm/USA pronunciation n., pl. -mums, -ma /-mə/USA pronunciation adj.
n. [countable] - the highest amount, value, or degree that can be reached:At a maximum, we have twenty students in each class.
- an upper limit allowed by regulation:raising the maximums of permitted imports.
adj. [before a noun] - being the greatest, largest, or highest that can be reached:a maximum prison sentence of 50 years.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024max•i•mum (mak′sə məm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mums, -ma (-mə),USA pronunciation adj.
n. - the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc.
- the highest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded.
- an upper limit allowed or allowable by law or regulation.
- [Math.]
- 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. Cf. absolute maximum.
- the point in the domain at which a maximum occurs.
adj. - that is a maximum;
greatest or highest possible or attained:maximum satisfaction; maximum temperature. - pertaining to a maximum or maximums.
- Latin, noun, nominal use of neuter of maximus, superlative of magnus great, large
- 1730–40
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