Zenith vs Maximum - What's the difference?
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(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
* 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
* 1671–1693 : Rev. Thomas Jolly, private notebook ; printed in:
* 1895 , Henry Fishwick (editor), The Note Book of the Rev. Thomas Jolly: A.D. 1671–1693. Extracts from the Church Books of Altham and Wymondhouses, 1649–1725. And an Account of the Jolly Family of Standish, Gorton, and Altham ,
(astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
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* 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter II:
Highest point or state; peak.
* Shakespeare
* Macaulay
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The highest limit.
* P. Colquhoun
(mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
(analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
(statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
(colloquial, snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
(colloquial, darts) A score of with three darts.
(colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
To the highest degree.
As nouns the difference between zenith and maximum
is that zenith is zenith while maximum is .zenith
English
(wikipedia zenith)Noun
(en noun)- The 12 day wee had the wind high and large ?o that in two dayes ?aile we made the Sunne our Zenith or verticall point...
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- In this 10th m. appeared that prodigious Comett the tayl whereof was like the blade of a double edged sword, and reached almost from the horizon to the zenith .
- ...in the middle of the day, when the sun was in the zenith , the violence of the heat was too great to stir out...
- As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, , the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.
- I find my zenith doth depend upon / A most auspicious star.
- It was during those civil troubles this aspiring family reached the zenith .
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Derived terms
* zenithal * zenithallySynonyms
* (highest point or state) acme, apogee, culmination, pinnacle * See alsoAntonyms
* nadir * perigeemaximum
English
(wikipedia maximum)Noun
(en-noun)- Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.
Usage notes
* (term) is the more common plural, especially for the technical senses.Hypernyms
* (statistics) measure of locationSynonyms
* maxAntonyms
* minimumAdjective
(-)- Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.