# maxima

Pronunciation: say "MAK-si-muh" /ˈmæksɪmə/

## Noun

1. Plural of maximum. — plural of maximum
   - Simple: Plural of maximum. Use this form when talking about more than one highest point or amount.
   - _The graph shows two distinct maxima where the curve peaks._
   - _Seasonal maxima in rainfall occur during the monsoon months._
2. A musical note typically equal to two longae, or eight semibreves, used in older systems of musical notation.
   - Simple: A very long musical note used in old written music, worth two of the next-longest notes.
   - _Medieval scribes wrote the maxima as the longest value in the rhythmic system._
   - _In this transcription, each maxima spans eight semibreves of sustained sound._

## Origin

From Latin maxima ("greatest"), and a doublet of the word maxim.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/maxima (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).