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maximal

English

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Etymology

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From maximum +‎ -al.

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maximal

  1. Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
    • 2016 March 2, “Dietary Iodine Sufficiency and Moderate Insufficiency in the Lactating Mother and Nursing Infant: A Computational Perspective”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      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.
  2. (mathematics, of a sequence) 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.
  3. (mathematics, of an element of a poset) 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   has two maximal elements:   and  

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maximal (plural maximals)

  1. (mathematics) The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
  2. (mathematics) 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).
  3. (logic) 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.

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French

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Etymology

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From maximum +‎ -al.

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maximal (feminine maximale, masculine plural maximaux, feminine plural maximales)

  1. maximal
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maximal (strong nominative masculine singular maximaler, not comparable)

  1. maximal
    Antonym: minimal

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Positive forms of maximal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist maximal sie ist maximal es ist maximal sie sind maximal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative maximaler maximale maximales maximale
genitive maximalen maximaler maximalen maximaler
dative maximalem maximaler maximalem maximalen
accusative maximalen maximale maximales maximale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der maximale die maximale das maximale die maximalen
genitive des maximalen der maximalen des maximalen der maximalen
dative dem maximalen der maximalen dem maximalen den maximalen
accusative den maximalen die maximale das maximale die maximalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein maximaler eine maximale ein maximales (keine) maximalen
genitive eines maximalen einer maximalen eines maximalen (keiner) maximalen
dative einem maximalen einer maximalen einem maximalen (keinen) maximalen
accusative einen maximalen eine maximale ein maximales (keine) maximalen

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  • “maximal” in Duden online
  • “maximal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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maximal (not comparable)

  1. maximal

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mak.siˈmaw/ [mak.siˈmaʊ̯], /ma.siˈmaw/ [ma.siˈmaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ma.ksiˈmal/ [ma.ksiˈmaɫ], /ma.siˈmal/ [ma.siˈmaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ma.ksiˈma.li/, /ma.siˈma.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ma‧xi‧mal

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maximal m or f (plural maximais)

  1. maximal, maximum
    Synonym: máximo
  2. (not comparable, relational) of, or pertaining to, the maximum

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French maximal. Equivalent to maxim +‎ -al.

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maximal m or n (feminine singular maximală, masculine plural maximali, feminine and neuter plural maximale)

  1. maximal

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite maximal maximală maximali maximale
definite maximalul maximala maximalii maximalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite maximal maximale maximali maximale
definite maximalului maximalei maximalilor maximalelor

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /maɡsiˈmal/ [maɣ̞.siˈmal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ma‧xi‧mal

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maximal m or f (masculine and feminine plural maximales)

  1. maximal

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maximal (comparative maximalare, superlative maximalast)

  1. maximal; as large as possible
    Antonym: minimal

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Inflection of maximal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular maximal maximalare maximalast
neuter singular maximalt maximalare maximalast
plural maximala maximalare maximalast
masculine plural2 maximale maximalare maximalast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 maximale maximalare maximalaste
all maximala maximalare maximalaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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