maximal
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- adjective
- /ˈmæksɪməl/
- To summon the maximal amount of intensity in a time of work, think of your personal best, think of what you normally do, and then stretch.
- maximal speed
- maximal oxygen
- maximal contraction
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Watch on YouTubeBut maybe it's meant to be a system that has maximal respect for everyone's equal humanity.
- But maybe it's meant to be a system that has maximal respect for everyone's equal humanity.
- God is the greatest maximal being, Anselm argued, therefore he exists.
- Let's say that greatness, it just means kind of having lots of so maximal power, maximal ethics, maximal everything.
- So an orgasm is a moment in time that is combined with a like a maximal tension and then a release.
- So it's basically where at the bottom of this graph you have the maximal possibilities are sitting there.
- Its fitness was maximized to some extent, or at least close to maximal.
- It's very common if they have poor sources of vitamin A in their diet that they will not attain their maximal height as an adult.
- And it's just like, how do all these things meld and how can I use the resources I have to maximal effect?
- So you kind of flip A+ to a minus, and that takes paths of minimal length to paths of maximal length.
- To summon the maximal amount of intensity in a time of work, think of your personal best, think of what you normally do, and then stretch.
- And that's what they ended up maximizing, maximal maximizing.
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But maybe it's meant to be a system that has maximal respect for everyone's equal humanity.
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Thus, knowledge of collateral effects can help teachers choose interventions with maximal benefit for all students.
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Well, I would probably go with the one with the maximal impact.
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And he suggests that the Christian God is, in a certain way, a maximal God.
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And so this is the maximal point for the slope.
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One, universal commitments are made by governments to policies that emphasize maximal economic growth.
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The best of three trials for each hand was recorded as maximal static handgrip strength.
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It's very common if they have poor sources of vitamin A in their diet that they will not attain their maximal height as an adult.
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And because defenses are constrained by their costs, the optimal defense is not the maximal defense.
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To achieve maximal results, the team worked late into the night on the project.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Better than all others in quality or importance
∞
3.9
Highest in rank, quality, or importance
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2.1
The highest position in a job or field
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The greatest effort a person can make
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4.6
Last and most extreme in a series
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3.9
Complete to show the highest degree
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2.8
The highest possible amount or level
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4.2
The farthest point or highest level of something
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4.0
Of the highest degree or importance
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At the highest possible level
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The greatest possible amount or degree of something
Antonyms
How Great
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Maximal comes from the Latin root max-, which means 'greatest' or 'very big', and you can see the same root in maximum and the common short form 'max'. So maximal means 'as great or complete as possible', which is why we use it for the highest or largest amount.