maximal

[mak-suh-muh l] /ˈmæk sə məl/

adjective

of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.

Origin

1880-85; maxim(um) + -al¹

Related forms

maximally, adverb

postmaximal, adjective

submaximal, adjective

Examples from the web for maximal

It emphasizes maximal conservation of resources and government regulation to the near exclusion of other approaches.
Only when someone has a serious investment in resources and time does the incentive arise for working to maximal capacity.
We'll also be able to determine the maximal level of caloric restriction.
Singer selects research projects that can be exploited for maximal emotional impact and portrays them as the norm.
So far the maximal capacity of human longevity has been restricted by limited diet and lifetime health insults.
Crystals exhibit order, but it is not hierarchical, and does not give the crystal a maximal chance of survival and reproduction.
The resilience of the two main communities obliges each to recognise the impracticality of its maximal demands.
They want a minimal state that provides all the protections of a maximal state.
In equilibrium there is maximal disorder, because every atom moves randomly, with the same average energy as any other atom.
Starvation would be expected to enhance insulin sensitivity in an effort to use any available glucose with maximal efficiency.

British Dictionary definitions for maximal

/ˈmæksɪməl/

adjective

of, relating to, or achieving a maximum; being the greatest or best possible

(maths) (of a member of an ordered set) being preceded, in order, by all other members of the set

Derived Forms

maximally, adverb

Word Origin and History for maximal

adj.

1872, from Latin maximus (see maximum (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Maximally.

maximal in Medicine

maximal max·i·mal (māk'sə-məl)
adj.