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maxim
maximum (the greatest possible, highest) /ˈmaksim/
adjective#1762 most common
Also: greatest possible, top (e.g., top speed), a maximum, peak value (used as a noun, especially in math)
Example sentences
Viteza maximă aici este cincizeci.
The maximum speed here is fifty.
Poți lua maxim trei bomboane.
You can take at most three candies.
Nota maximă la acest examen este zece.
The highest grade on this exam is ten.
Funcția are un maxim local în acest punct.
The function has a local maximum at this point.
Prețurile au atins un nivel maxim istoric anul trecut.
Prices reached a historic maximum level last year.
Comisia a impus un plafon maxim pentru emisiile de carbon, aplicabil tuturor statelor membre.
The commission imposed a maximum ceiling on carbon emissions, applicable to all member states.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | maxim (m./n.), maximă (f.) | maximi (m.), maxime (f./n.) |
| Genitive | maxim (m./n.), maxime (f.) | maximi (m.), maxime (f./n.) |
| Accusative | maxim (m./n.), maximă (f.) | maximi (m.), maxime (f./n.) |
| Vocative | maxim (m./n.), maximă (f.) | maximi (m.), maxime (f./n.) |
Word family
maximizato maximize
maximizaremaximization
maximalmaximal, of the greatest possible extent
maximummaximum (invariable scientific or mathematical term)
Etymology
Maxim comes from Latin maximus, the irregular superlative of magnus, meaning great. Romanian borrowed it in the nineteenth century, part of a broad wave of French and Latin vocabulary that modernized the language after centuries of Ottoman and Slavic influence. The word keeps the same shape and sense as the international scientific term maximum. It shares its deep root with English words such as magnitude and, more distantly, much.
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