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- Dictionarymax·i·mum/ˈmaksəməm/
adjective
- 1. as great, high, or intense as possible or permitted: "the vehicle's maximum speed"
noun
- 1. the greatest or highest amount possible or attained: "the school takes a maximum of 32 students"
adverb
- 1. at the most: "it has a length of 4 feet maximum"
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94. There is a subtle difference; maximum and minimum relate to absolute values — there is nothing higher than the maximum and nothing lower than the minimum. Maximal and minimal, however, can be more vague. In "I want to buy this at minimal cost" and "this action carries a minimal risk", minimal means "very small" as opposed to "the lowest ...
Dec 6, 2011 · As noted above, optimum can be either a noun or an adjective, whereas optimal is strictly an adjective. But despite competing in only one dimension against a two-dimensional word, optimal shot past optimum in frequency of usage in the early 1970s and, as of 2005, was nearly three times as frequent in the Google Books database as optimum.
Apr 29, 2015 · Good clarification. The context refers to hospital readmissions. Hospitals are penalized if a patient is readmitted within 30 days after the discharge date. Therefore if a patient returns in 30 or fewer days after discharge, it's a ding on the record. Fewer than 30 equals a maximum of 29 days. right? –
I'm looking at apartment ads in Singapore, but I don't understand what pax means. Here's an example: View 8pm today @ Hdb Approved HDB 1+1 Blk 3 Jalan Kukoh (Chin Swee Rd): 15 min walk Chinatown ...
I would certainly not assume that this is meant to tell you to submit the form in advance of that day. Various U.S. government agencies use the phrase “within x number of days” specifically to mean after the date.
Oct 10, 2019 · 2. 'Maximum' tends to be used for counts of articles, people etc (and of course measures like heights, weights, temperatures) rather than pure numbers. Also, in pure maths, a maximum is a point on a curve. 'Second maximum' sounds outlandish when used of numbers. It's more a style thing than a logic thing.
Apr 8, 2017 · However, using the word invert in this context seems strange to me. To me, none of these definitions fit: Invert (Merriam-Webster) a: to reverse in position, order, or relationship. b: to subject to inversion. a: to turn inside out or upside down. b: to turn inward. a: to find the mathematical reciprocal of. b: to divide using fractions, invert ...
How they ("max xor min of" vs "at least" or "atleast) differ, however, is in emphasis (and number of syllables) as well as grammar: having a minimum or maximum of something suggests some importance on there actually being a quantity-confinement (in and of itself, with this existence in the foreground), as contrasted to (and shifted somewhat from) more specifically on just that boundary (with ...
Jul 19, 2011 · bound 2. noun (often bounds) a territorial limit; a boundary : the ancient bounds of the forest. • a limitation or restriction on feeling or action : it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the issue could arise again | enthusiasm to join the union knew no bounds. • technical a limiting value.
Feb 27, 2016 · 1. Not necessarily. Your example is ambiguous. Also note that there are examples where "up to" can even mean "excluding": imagine you're doing a mathematical problem in which you are required to find the value of X, but all you can work out is |X|=1, then you can say: I have found that, up to a sign, the result is 1. Cheers. Share.
