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extremum

[ ik-stree-muhm ]

noun

, Mathematics.
, plural ex·tre·ma [ik-, stree, -m, uh].
  1. a maximum or minimum value of a function in a specified neighborhood.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of extremum1

1900–05; < New Latin, noun use of neuter of Latin extrēmus extreme
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Example Sentences

It is really a universal trait, and it particularly manifests in times of extrema and adversity.

On reconsideration, however, I do not doubt that the received interpretation, which makes spatium extremum equivalent to finem, is the correct one.

But if so, what is the extremum which Cicero advises Quintus to accept?

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