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