🔄 Synonyms of "Extremum"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| peaknoun | The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period. |
| extremenoun | In the greatest or highest degree; intense. |
| extreme pointnoun | (mathematics) The maximum or minimum of a function. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Extremum"
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| Word | Definition |
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| extreme pointnoun | (mathematics) The maximum or minimum of a function. |
| peaknoun | The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period. |
| extremenoun | In the greatest or highest degree; intense. |
| extremalitynoun | (mathematics) The condition of being extremal |
| extremizernoun | (mathematics) A function that returns an extremum. |
| extremalnoun | (mathematics) Any solution to a variety of equations in the calculus of variations. |
| antimaximumnoun | (mathematics) A maximum that has changed sign, caused by certain values of parameters. |
| maximumnoun | The highest limit. |
| global maximumnoun | (mathematics) An element in a function's domain where the function assumes its highest value. |
| maximizationnoun | The act of raising something to its greatest value or extent. |
| limit casenoun | An extreme or marginal instance of a phenomenon, in which the key variable quality or value is at the minimum or maximum extent of its possible variation. |
| local maximumnoun | (mathematics) A maximum within a restricted domain; a point on a function whose value is greater than the values of all other points near it, especially if another local maximum of greater value is known to exist. |
| essential supremumnoun | (mathematical analysis) The supremum (least upper bound) of a function which holds almost everywhere. In symbols, ess sup f= inf M:μ(x:f(x)>M)=0 |
| argmaxnoun | (mathematics) The argument of the maximum: the set of points of a given argument for which a given function attains its maximum value. |
| maximal | Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most. |
| amplitudenoun | The measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude. |
| essential infimumnoun | (mathematical analysis) The infimum (greatest lower bound) of a function which holds almost everywhere. In symbols, ess inf f= sup m:μ(x:f(x)<m)=0. |
| maxminnoun | The maximum value of a set of minima |
| excedancenoun | (mathematics, combinatorics) A position in a permutation occupied by a value greater than the position number. |
| subminimumnoun | (mathematics) A point or value below a minimum. |
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