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Definition of Maximum
Maximum

The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum.

Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.

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Maximum Quotations

A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.
Richard Cobden

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.
George Bernard Shaw

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
John F. Kennedy

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Zig Ziglar

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us.
David Sarnoff

Maximum Translations

maximum in Afrikaans is maksimum
maximum in Dutch is maximum-, maximaal
maximum in Swedish is maximal


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