maximal
/ˈmæksɪməl/
maximal adjective: largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
Adjective
maximal
- Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
- The organification of iodide in the thyroid gland was described using a second order rate constant (KthybindC, /nmol/L*hr/kg thyroid weight) fitted to provide thyroidal iodide stores near the maximal value, which increased with age.2016 March 2, “Dietary Iodine Sufficiency and Moderate Insufficiency in the Lactating Mother and Nursing Infant: A Computational Perspective”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- In the dependency graphs above, we can see that the maximal number of incomplete dependencies in each structure is five, while processing the most embedded noun[…].2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Locality in Language Processing” (chapter 4), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 120
- Larger than any previous term in the sequence.
- In the sequence (1, 2, 10, 5, 12, 6), the fifth term, f(5) = 12, is a maximal term, as each of the first 4 terms are smaller than 12.
- Antonyms:
- minimal
- Such that no other element is greater (with respect to the given partial order).
- With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the set #92;#123;#92;#123;2#92;#125;,#92;#123;1,2#92;#125;,#92;#123;2,3#92;#125;#92;#125; has two maximal elements: #92;#123;1,2#92;#125; and #92;#123;2,3#92;#125;
- Antonyms:
- minimal
Noun
maximal (plural maximals)
- The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
- 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).
- 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.
maximal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
maximal in Hindi
- मैक्सिमल
maximal in Tamil
- இயன்ற வரையில், முடிந்த வரையில்
maximal in Bengali
- maximal
- বৃহত্তম brihottom
maximal in Malayalam
- മാക്സിമൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- maximal in Gujarati
- મેક્સિમલ
- maximal in Indonesian
- maksimal
Examples of maximal in a sentence
- The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.
- In the entry-level product category, the engineers had to trade off maximal durability for affordable upfront cost.
- Every finite dimensional central simple algebra has a splitting field: moreover, if said CSA is a division algebra, then a maximal subfield of it is a splitting field.
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Forms of maximal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | max. |
| Noun | |
| plural | maximals |
Origin of maximal
From maximum + -al.
Words formed from maximal
Phrases with maximal
Questions about maximal
- What does maximal mean?
- Maximal means largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
- What is maximal in Hindi?
- Maximal in Hindi is मैक्सिमल. See Maximal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maximal?
- Maximal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce maximal?
- Maximal is pronounced /ˈmæksɪməl/.
Words near maximal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maximal (page history and authors); maximal (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বৃহত্তম (Bengali) (page history and authors); maximal (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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