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English → English (gcide) Definition: Maximum thermometer Maximum \Max"i*mum\, n.; pl. Maxima. [L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See Maxim.] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum. [1913 Webster] Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. --P. Colquhoun. [1913 Webster] Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment. [1913 Webster]