MAXIMUM

The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to Ant: minimum. Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. P. Colquhoun. Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.

Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.

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. | A scoring shot for 6 runs. | maximum security

To the highest degree.