maximum

1. 1

   The highest limit.

   • 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
2. 2

   The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.

3. 3

   An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

4. 4

   The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.

5. 5

   A 147 break; the highest possible break.

6. 6

   A score of 180 with three darts.colloquial

7. 7

   A scoring shot for 6 runs.colloquial

8. 8

   maximum securitycolloquial

   • I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area.

syn. max

ant. minimum

1. 1

   To the highest degree.not-comparable

   • Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.