max
/mæks/ · noun
Meaning
- An extreme, a great extent.
- A kind of gin.
- (usually with out) to reach the limit, to reach the maximum.
- Maximum; maximal.
- The highest limit
- The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function
- An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set
- The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution
- A 147 break; the highest possible break
- A score of 180 with three darts
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