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unmaximize

unmaximize verb: to restore (a window) from a maximized state.

Verb

unmaximize (third-person singular simple present unmaximizes, present participle unmaximizing, simple past and past participle unmaximized)

  1. (transitive) To restore (a window) from a maximized state.
    • To maximize or unmaximize a window, click the button in the upper right corner. On Windows, you can minimize, maximize, or close a window by clicking one of the three buttons located in the upper right corner of each window.2003, Kim English, Community Geography: GIS in Action, page 278

Forms of unmaximize

third-person singular presentunmaximizes
present participleunmaximizing
past participleunmaximized
pastunmaximized

Origin of unmaximize

From un- + maximize.

Questions about unmaximize

What does unmaximize mean?
Unmaximize means to restore (a window) from a maximized state.
What part of speech is unmaximize?
Unmaximize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unmaximize?
The past tense of unmaximize is unmaximized.

Words near unmaximize in the dictionary

  1. unmaturing
  2. unmaturity
  3. unmaudlin
  4. unmauled
  5. unmawkish
  6. unmaximize
  7. unmaximized
  8. unmaximizes
  9. unmaximizing
  10. unmayoral
  11. unmayorlike

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