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Maximum   /mˈæksəməm/   Listen
Maximum

adjective
1.
The greatest or most complete or best possible.  Synonym: maximal.  "Maximum pressure"
noun
(pl. maxima)
1.
The largest possible quantity.  Synonym: upper limit.
2.
The greatest possible degree.  Synonyms: level best, utmost, uttermost.
3.
The point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right.



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"Maximum" Quotes from Famous Books



... chlorine to gold extraction were known as Mears' and Plattner's processes, and consisted in placing the material to be operated on in vats with water, and introducing chlorine gas at the bottom, the mixture being allowed to stand for a number of hours, the minimum about twelve, the maximum forty-eight. The chlorinated water was then drawn off containing the gold in solution which was deposited as a brown powder by the addition of sulphate ...
— Getting Gold • J. C. F. Johnson
... certainly places the maximum of greatness upon the human mind. The man who believes in the existence of mind apart from matter, and consequently looks upon death as a blessed state of rest to the good man which lies between the two great activities ...
— The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 11, November, 1880 • Various
... not only seen minimum wage and maximum hour provisions prove their worth economically and socially under government auspices in 1933, 1934 and 1935, but the people of this country, by an overwhelming vote, are in favor of having the Congress—this Congress—put a floor below which industrial wages shall ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt • Franklin D. Roosevelt
... "The estimate for 1839 is founded on the ascertained number of letters for one week in the month of November, and strictly speaking, it is for the year ending Dec. 5th, at which time 4d. was made the maximum rate. The estimate for each subsequent year is founded on the ascertained number of letters for one week in ...
— Cheap Postage • Joshua Leavitt
... keep the following tables to a maximum width of 80 characters, some headings have been abbreviated (e.g., Barometer is abbreviated to Bar.), and times in headings have been rendered without periods or spaces. Within the tables, latitude and longitude readings are rendered without spaces, ...
— The Last Voyage - to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' • Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey


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