maximal

Adjective

 * 1) Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
 * 2)  Larger than any previous term in the sequence.
 * In the sequence (1, 2, 10, 5, 12, 6), the fifth term, f(5) = 12, is a maximal term, as each of the first 4 terms are smaller than 12.
 * 1)  Such that no other element is greater (with respect to the given partial order).

Translations

 * Asturian: máximu
 * Belarusian: максіма́льны
 * Czech:
 * Danish: maksimal
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, mahdollisimman suuri
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: максималды, ең көп
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, maximal
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, en fazla
 * Ukrainian:

Noun

 * 1)  The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
 * 2)  Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper).
 * 3)  Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula &phi;, the set contains either &phi; or ~&phi;.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) maximal

Adjective

 * , maximum

Etymology
. Equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) ; as large as possible