maximal

IPA: mˈæksʌmʌɫ

noun

  • (mathematics) The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
  • (mathematics) 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).
  • (logic) 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.

adjective

  • Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
  • (mathematics, of a sequence) Larger than any previous term in the sequence.
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Examples of "maximal" in Sentences

  • And should so-called maximal essentialism really count as a form of essentialism?
  • Another route to estimating daily calcium requirements is called the maximal retention study.
  • Next time don’t use the word maximal and then get on others for sarcastically using the word you used.
  • The Axiom of Choice is closely allied to a group of mathematical propositions collectively known as maximal principles.
  • However, cardiorespiratory fitness -- defined as maximal oxygen consumption -- did not change significantly between the groups.
  • Maybe so, but I’m inclined to think that they were trying to maintain maximal fidelity to the original, rather than adjusting the transcription to what they inferred the 1787 standard to be.
  • It suggests and helps to secure a state of affairs in which the definition of public policy is never carried through in abstraction from the variety of actual convictions that is evidenced in society – not because any one of these asserts its right to dictate, but because all claim the freedom to join in public argument in ways that insist on the need for what I have been calling maximal ownership.

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