ultramaximal
/ˈʌltɹəˈmæksɪməl/
ultramaximal adjective: above or beyond a maximum, for example on a graph.
Adjective
ultramaximal (not comparable)
- Above or beyond a maximum, for example on a graph.
- It is moreover clear that the formation of processes and streamings may be brought about without physiological contractions, by mere shrinking of the superficial layer (as in partial drying, which for instance occurs not unfrequently in very large plasmodia, or by the coagulation of the albumen...1853, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, J. and A. Churchil, page 415
- However, when we look more closely at the cases under consideration, we find that sometimes maximal and even ultramaximal doses of morphine were injected (Chouppe, 0.03 grm., or 1\2 grain; Nussbaum as much as 0.12 gram., or 1.8 grain).1885, Hugo von Ziemssen, Von Ziemssen's Handbook of General Therapeutics: In Seven Volumes, Smith, Elder, page 422
Origin of ultramaximal
From ultra- + maximal.
Questions about ultramaximal
- What does ultramaximal mean?
- Ultramaximal means above or beyond a maximum, for example on a graph.
- What part of speech is ultramaximal?
- Ultramaximal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ultramaximal?
- Ultramaximal is pronounced /ˈʌltɹəˈmæksɪməl/.
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