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Maximal
//ˈmæksɪməl// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
"The organification of iodide in the thyroid gland was described using a second order rate constant (KthybindC, /nmol/L*hr/kg thyroid weight) fitted to provide thyroidal iodide stores near the maximal value, which increased with age."
- 2 Larger than any previous term in the sequence.
"In the sequence (1, 2, 10, 5, 12, 6), the fifth term, f(5) = 12, is a maximal term, as each of the first 4 terms are smaller than 12."
- 3 Such that no other element is greater (with respect to the given partial order).
"With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the set #92;#123;#92;#123;2#92;#125;,#92;#123;1,2#92;#125;,#92;#123;2,3#92;#125;#92;#125; has two maximal elements: #92;#123;1,2#92;#125; and #92;#123;2,3#92;#125;"
Adjective
- 1 the greatest or most complete or best possible wordnet
Noun
- 1 The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
- 2 Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper).
- 3 Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula φ, the set contains either φ or ~φ.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From maximum + -al.
Etymology 2
From maximum + -al.
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