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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Max·i·mum n.; pl. Maxima   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 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.