Maximum is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for MAXIMUM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the largest possible amount
• the greatest amount, extent, or intensity possible, permitted, or recorded
• a maximum permitted custodial sentence for an offence
• greatest possible (amount or number)
• The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum.
• the largest possible quantity
• the greatest possible degree
• the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
ADVERB:
• at the most
ADJECTIVE:
• greatest
• as great, high, or intense as possible or permitted
• denoting the greatest or highest point or amount attained
• Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
• the greatest or most complete or best possible
• of, being, or showing a maximum or maximums
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the greatest possible amount, quantity, or degree

Words related to MAXIMUM

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Words that contain MAXIMUM

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How to use MAXIMUM in a sentence

• So long as the father is in regular work, and his family is not too large, a fair amount of material comfort may doubtless be secured by those who approach the maximum.
• The Corrupt Practices Act of 1883 therefore fixed a maximum of expenditure for each candidate at a parliamentary election.
• The maximum running speed was seventy-five miles an hour, and the indicated horse-power 1,000.
• The number of grains deposited was found to vary much, falling almost to zero during heavy rain and rising to a maximum if the rain were followed by bright sunshine.
• The smallest was in 1892, when only 454,243 acres were planted, and the maximum was reached in 1900, when 627,311 acres were planted.
• But if it is true that in respect of any occupation a man has his period of maximum efficiency, then we open up a whole world of new social possibilities.
• Vanquished at the moment of their maximum, they have dropped out of the whirl of the world.
• One of the problems proposed by the late Sam Loyd was to produce the maximum number of pieces by n straight cuts through a solid cheese.
• Evidently, then, there would be a maximum distance between such places.
• And taking this assumption as sound, we can state precisely the maximum area of various types of town.
• The maximum available storage capacity is given in this case merely to show possibilities.
• I then arranged with them that this should be taken as a maximum and that, if it was found to cost less, they should accept actual cost.
• We know that wheat, barley, oats, and grasses, require for their maximum growth a liberal supply of available nitrogen in the soil.
• Sniping over, the next step in policy was to keep the population quiet with a minimum of soldiery, which would permit a maximum at the front.
• Clearly the jury should fix the maximum, leaving the members of the board to reduce the penalty if they deem it wise.
• It is maximum at the neutral plane and decreases to zero at the outer elements of the section.
• The maximum load only is taken and the result expressed in pounds per square inch of width.
• The maximum load only is taken and the result expressed in pounds per inch of width.
• From the adoption of the benefit in 1884 to 1888 this union granted five dollars per week for a maximum period of twelve weeks.
• It was hard, no doubt, after having reached the maximum of intellectual culture, and having held a post of some honour, to descend to the lowest rank.
• When to these qualifications for leadership independence of action is added we can render the maximum of service to the world.
• The maximum of brain weight is almost reached by men at 20 years, but there is a slow increase until 30 or 35 years.
• This maximum variation of 10 seconds is evidently insignificant, as the variations in the experiment amount to more than 200 seconds.
• The maximum force proposed was less than that which Congress could easily supply for resistance.
• Although the plea of self-defense was urged in the trial, his abominable manner of life so outraged both judge and jury that he received the maximum sentence.
• Another method is to place strong glue in cold water until it has absorbed the maximum amount of the latter.
• In the recitation, translation should be reduced to a minimum, thus allowing a maximum of time for conversation based upon the text.

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