extremum
Americannoun
plural
extremaEtymology
Origin of extremum
1900–05; < New Latin, noun use of neuter of Latin extrēmus extreme
Example Sentences
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It is really a universal trait, and it particularly manifests in times of extrema and adversity.
From The Verge
On reconsideration, however, I do not doubt that the received interpretation, which makes spatium extremum equivalent to finem, is the correct one.
From Project Gutenberg
But if so, what is the extremum which Cicero advises Quintus to accept?
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