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Maxima vs Maximum - What's the difference?

maxima | maximum |


As nouns the difference between maxima and maximum

is that maxima is irregular plural of maximum while maximum is the highest limit.

As an adjective maximum is

to the highest degree.

Maximums vs Maxima - What's the difference?

maximums | maxima |


As a noun maximums

is .

As an adjective maxima is

.

Maxima vs Minima - What's the difference?

maxima | minima |


As adjectives the difference between maxima and minima

is that maxima is while minima is .

As a noun minima is

(label) (l).

Maxims vs Maxima - What's the difference?

maxims | maxima |


As nouns the difference between maxims and maxima

is that maxims is plural of maxim while maxima is irregular plural of maximum.

Maxima vs Maxim - What's the difference?

maxima | maxim |


As nouns the difference between maxima and maxim

is that maxima is irregular plural of maximum while maxim is a self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.

As a proper noun Maxim is

the Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.

Maxima vs Maximax - What's the difference?

maxima | maximax |


As an adjective maxima

is .

As a noun maximax is

(economics|computer science|decision theory) a strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the best possible outcome, even if its expected outcome and its worst possible outcome are worse than other alternatives);.

Maxima vs Maximal - What's the difference?

maxima | maximal |


As nouns the difference between maxima and maximal

is that maxima is irregular plural of maximum while maximal is the element of a set with the greatest magnitude.

As an adjective maximal is

largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.

Maxima vs Infotaxis - What's the difference?

maxima | infotaxis |


As an adjective maxima

is .

As a noun infotaxis is

any searching strategy in which there is sparse information, especially a strategy used by biological organisms to zigzag towards the source of an odour based on sporadic clues.