maximums

Variant of maximum

noun pl. maximums or maxima

  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

Origin: 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
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