maximum

noun

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.

7. 7

   A scoring shot for 6 runs.

8. 8

   maximum security

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

adjective

1. 1

   To the highest degree.

   Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.

   Each Piccadilly Line train consists of seven cars, the construction of the stations below ground making this the maximum length.

Forms

plural

maxima, maximums