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maxima

The correct spelling is maxima.

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noun

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The correct spelling is maxima. A music note equal to two (or sometimes three) longæ; in modern notation, this is typically equivalent to eight semibreves.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.A music note equal to two (or sometimes three) longæ; in modern notation, this is typically equivalent to eight semibreves.
  2. 2.The highest limit
  3. 3.The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function
  4. 4.An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set
  5. 5.The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution

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