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Definition of Maximal
1. Adjective. The greatest or most complete or best possible. "Maximum pressure"
Definition of Maximal
1. Adjective. Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most. ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) The element of a set with the greatest magnitude. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maximal
1. an element of a mathematical set that is followed by no other [n -S]
Medical Definition of Maximal
1. The greatest possible, allowable or appreciable, the reverse of minimal. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maximal
Literary usage of Maximal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"Experiments on the maximal rate of extensor and flexor movements of both arms in
various classes of persons have been for some time in progress at the ..."
2. Stochastic Inequalities by Moshe Shaked, Yung Liang Tong (1992)
"The Hardy-Littlewood maximal pm's can be described as follows. Let H be any pm
on El with distribution function F^ = F and left continuous inverse F~1, ..."
3. Group Invariance Applications in Statistics by Morris L. Eaton (1989)
"maximal invariants. In this section we consider the problem of calculating explicit
representations of orbit indices when a group G acts on a set X. Recall ..."
4. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1907)
"As was first shown by Bow- ditch, a piece of ventricular muscle when stimulated
responds, if it responds at all, with a maximal contraction. ..."
5. An Outline of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1897)
"The maximal Intensity, Extent and Duration of Sensation.— (i) The maximal intensity
of sensation is that intensity which cannot be increased by any further ..."
6. An Experimental Study in the Psychology of Reading by William Anton Smith (1917)
"Comparison of records for silent reading at maximal rate with records for silent
reading at normal rate.—Records 6-13 of Plate I make possible a comparison ..."
7. A New Logic by Charles Arthur Mercier (1912)
"All maximal quantities less than itself. It does not deny, Any maximal quantity
greater than ... A maximal particular quantity denies, of the same series, ..."
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