# maximum
## English
### Etymology

Via French from Latin maximum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmæksɪməm/
* Hyphenation: max‧i‧mum
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

maximum (plural maxima or maximums)
* The highest limit.
** 1806, P. Colquhoun, A Treatise on Indigence:This is the fundamental principle of good legislation. It is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness and the minimum of misery
* (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
* (mathematical analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
* (statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
* (snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
    Synonyms: 147, maximum break
* (colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts.
* (colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
* (colloquial) maximum security
** 1983 April 23, Alice Thompson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area.

#### Usage notes

* Maxima is the more common plural, especially for the technical senses.

#### Synonyms

* max

#### Antonyms

* minimum

#### Hypernyms

* (statistics): measure of location
* extremum

#### Translations
### Adjective

maximum (not comparable)
* To the highest degree.
    Synonym: maximal
    Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.

#### Translations
### Derived terms

* antimaximum
* glacial maximum
* global maximum
* interference maximum
* local maximum
* maximal
* maximative
* maximize
* maximum break
* maximum card
* maximum cut
* maximum holding time
* maximum limit
* maximum permitted mileage
* maximum security
* maximum-security
* maximum seek time
* maximum usable frequency
* maximum wage
* solar maximum
* submaximum
* super-maximum

### Related terms

* supremum

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmaksɪmum]

### Noun

maximum n
* maximum
    Antonym: minimum

#### Related terms

* See maxim

### Further reading

* “maximum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “maximum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “maximum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maximum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑk.siˌmʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧xi‧mum

### Noun

maximum n (plural maxima or maximums, diminutive maximumpje n)
* maximum

#### Antonyms

* minimum

#### Derived terms

* maximumleeftijd
* maximumloon
* maximumsnelheid

#### Related terms

* maximaal

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: maksimum

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mak.si.mɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

maximum m (plural maxima or maximums)
* maximum

#### Derived terms

* grand maximum
* maximal

### Further reading

* “maximum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Adjective

maximum
* inflection of maximus:
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
** accusative masculine singular

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French maximum.

### Noun

maximum n (uncountable)
* maximum