maximum

  1. Noun.  The highest limit.
  2. Noun.  (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
  3. Noun.  (analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
  4. Noun.  (statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
  5. Noun.  (colloquial, snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
  6. Noun.  (colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts.
  7. Adjective.  To the highest degree.

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