maximums

Variant of maximum

maximum definition

maxi·mum (mak′sə məm)

noun pl. maximums -·mums or maxima -·ma (-mə)

  1. the greatest quantity, number, or degree possible or permissible
  2. the highest degree or point (of a varying quantity, as temperature) reached or recorded; upper limit of variation
  3. Math. the largest of a specified set of real numbers

Etymology: L, neut. of maximus, superl. of magnus, great: see magni-

adjective

  1. greatest possible, permissible, or reached
  2. of, marking, or setting a maximum or maximums

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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