Maximum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Maximum	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maximum adj the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure" Synonym(s): maximal, maximum Antonym(s): minimal, minimum n the largest possible quantity [syn: maximum, {upper limit}] Antonym(s): lower limit, minimum the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" Synonym(s): utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right Antonym(s): minimum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maximum \Max"imum\, 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"imum\, 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.