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max.

max. is the abbreviation of maximal.

max. is the abbreviation of maximum.

Meaning of maximal

Noun

maximal (plural maximals)

  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.

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Meaning of maximum

Noun

maximum (plural maxima or maximums)

  1. The highest limit.
    • This is the fundamental principle of good legislation. It is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness and the minimum of misery1806, P. Colquhoun, A Treatise on Indigence
  2. The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
  3. An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
  4. The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
  5. A 147 break; the highest possible break.
    Synonyms:
    147, maximum break
  6. (colloquial) A score of 180 with three darts.

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Antonyms of max.

Forms of max.

pluralmaxs.

Questions about max.

What is max. the abbreviation of?
Max. is the abbreviation of maximal.

Words near max. in the dictionary

  1. max qs
  2. max-level
  3. max-min fairness
  4. max-Q
  5. max-Qs
  6. max.
  7. maxacalcitol
  8. Maxam
  9. Maxams
  10. Maxatawny
  11. maxaxite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: max. (page history and authors); maximal (page history and authors); maximum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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