maximaladj.

Brit.

/ˈmaksᵻml/, U.S.

/ˈmæksəm(ə)l/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French maximal ; -al suffix¹.

Etymology: Either < French maximal (1877 in Littré Suppl.) or independently < maxim- (in maximum n.) + -al suffix¹, perhaps after minimal adj. Compare optimal adj.

1. Of or constituting a maximum; of the greatest possible size, duration, or capacity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greatest in quantity, amount, or degree > maximum

uppermost1579

maxim1686

maximum1825

maximal1882

max1886

peak1903

maxed1978

1882 London Med. Rec. No. 36. 318 The average increase is equal to 8 millimètres maximal to 17 millimètres.

1883 Nature 8 Mar. 438 The maximal contraction of which the tissue is capable.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 470 It [sc. blood-pressure in the ventricle] slowly increases throughout the systole becoming maximal immediately prior to relaxation.

1915 A. Huxley Let. Oct. (1969) 84 These maximal horrors of war are really too unthinkably appalling.

1929 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 92 44 It is during this time that the strength of the wound is developed up to a maximal point.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 48/1 Professor Kinsey's book is a carte blanche for maximal genital activity.

1971 D. Crystal Linguistics 201 The sentence is the maximal unit of grammatical analysis.

1995 Daily Press (Virginia) 22 June 5/5 Most cases of syncope occurred in girls standing next to the stage, where squeezing is maximal.

2. Mathematics. Designating an element a of an ordered or partially ordered set such that there exists no element b in the set for which b > a, where ‘>’ represents the binary relation defined on the set.

ΚΠ

1897 Ann. Math. 11 169 It remains therefore to prove that, aside from the two exceptional cases, H is a maximal self-conjugate sub-group of I′.

1916 G. A. Miller et al. Theory & Applic. Finite Groups ii. 40 G transforms the conjugates of G₁..according to a primitive group whenever G₁ is maximal.

1937 R. D. Carmichael Introd. Theory Groups of Finite Order iii. 82 There is at least one maximal subgroup of G which does not contain S.

1960 P. Suppes Axiomatic Set Theory viii. 244 A is a maximal chain in B if and only if A is a chain in B and there is no chain C in B such that A ⊂ C.

1990 Q. Jrnl. Math. 41 180 The torsion free rank of an abelian group is the cardinality of a maximal independent subset of elements of infinite order.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maximal
释义	maximaladj. Brit. /ˈmaksᵻml/, U.S. /ˈmæksəm(ə)l/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French maximal ; -al suffix¹. Etymology: Either < French maximal (1877 in Littré Suppl.) or independently < maxim- (in maximum n.) + -al suffix¹, perhaps after minimal adj. Compare optimal adj. 1. Of or constituting a maximum; of the greatest possible size, duration, or capacity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greatest in quantity, amount, or degree > maximum uppermost1579 maxim1686 maximum1825 maximal1882 max1886 peak1903 maxed1978 1882 London Med. Rec. No. 36. 318 The average increase is equal to 8 millimètres maximal to 17 millimètres. 1883 Nature 8 Mar. 438 The maximal contraction of which the tissue is capable. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 470 It [sc. blood-pressure in the ventricle] slowly increases throughout the systole becoming maximal immediately prior to relaxation. 1915 A. Huxley Let. Oct. (1969) 84 These maximal horrors of war are really too unthinkably appalling. 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 92 44 It is during this time that the strength of the wound is developed up to a maximal point. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 48/1 Professor Kinsey's book is a carte blanche for maximal genital activity. 1971 D. Crystal Linguistics 201 The sentence is the maximal unit of grammatical analysis. 1995 Daily Press (Virginia) 22 June 5/5 Most cases of syncope occurred in girls standing next to the stage, where squeezing is maximal. 2. Mathematics. Designating an element a of an ordered or partially ordered set such that there exists no element b in the set for which b > a, where ‘>’ represents the binary relation defined on the set. ΚΠ 1897 Ann. Math. 11 169 It remains therefore to prove that, aside from the two exceptional cases, H is a maximal self-conjugate sub-group of I′. 1916 G. A. Miller et al. Theory & Applic. Finite Groups ii. 40 G transforms the conjugates of G₁..according to a primitive group whenever G₁ is maximal. 1937 R. D. Carmichael Introd. Theory Groups of Finite Order iii. 82 There is at least one maximal subgroup of G which does not contain S. 1960 P. Suppes Axiomatic Set Theory viii. 244 A is a maximal chain in B if and only if A is a chain in B and there is no chain C in B such that A ⊂ C. 1990 Q. Jrnl. Math. 41 180 The torsion free rank of an abelian group is the cardinality of a maximal independent subset of elements of infinite order. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1882
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