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maxima

American  
[mak-suh-muh] / ˈmæk sə mə /

noun

  1. a plural of maximum.


maxima British  
/ ˈmæksɪmə /

noun

  1. a plural of maximum

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During eccentricity maxima Earth moves closer to the Sun allowing for more sunlight to reach the Earth surface.

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This popular methodology, which relies on machine learning, can be used to determine the maxima of a function of an unknown shape.

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In momentum space, free electrons are found in the local minima and maxima of the energy landscape, namely at points where the conduction and valence bands meet.

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"We found that the overall temperature averages seemed stable for a simple reason. While the minimum temperatures have been steadily on the rise, the surface temperature maxima in summer were consistently dropping," says Salerno.

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Silverman recently finished her second week of guest hosting “The Daily Show” and reaped a shiny mea culpa maxima profile in the Los Angeles Times.

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