MAXIMIZATION

maximization, maximisation, maximation

(noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position

maximization

(noun) the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

maximization (countable and uncountable, plural maximizations)

The act of raising something to its greatest value or extent.

(mathematics) The process of finding the maximum value of a function.

Source: Wiktionary


Max`i*mi*za"tion, n.

Definition: The act or process of increasing to the highest degree. Bentham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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