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Example sentences for "maximum"

Lexicographically close words:
maximeque; maximi; maximis; maximize; maxims; may; maybe; maybee; maybes; mayd
  1. It has a surface width of 64 feet and its maximum depth is 7 feet.

  2. The general breadth of the canalised river is 55 feet and its maximum depth 7 feet.

  3. Muscular energy begins at its maximum and gradually diminishes to the point of exhaustion, whereas nervous energy rises in an inconceivably short space of time to its climax, and then drops immediately to nothing.

  4. The maximum of relaxation results in the minimum of fatigue.

  5. The differentiation between the transport of latex and coagulum, respectively, is a most important one, and has a powerful influence in determination of the maximum of centralisation possible.

  6. These two points presume that the vacuum drier is true to its name, and that one can obtain a maximum steady pressure.

  7. It will be seen that the maximum quantity of copper sulphate used amounted to 0.

  8. This fulfils all requirements and gives the maximum of light and air.

  9. The surface of the sheet is raised in well-defined ridges, which appear to present the maximum drying surface exposed to the atmosphere of the smoke-house.

  10. From such an arrangement it will follow that the factory will be light and airy, and the drying-houses will receive the maximum of benefit to drying from direct sunshine on the roof and walls.

  11. Of all the factory operations, rolling of rubber should be given the maximum light.

  12. For a single-storey drying-house, the maximum height should bear the ratio to the breadth of 3:2, and in a house of this type specially long pieces of crepe can be utilised.

  13. By this means the temperature will be maintained to the maximum possible by sun heat, and the rate of drying will correspond.

  14. The first tanks made erred in being too large, and as the result of experience the size of units has now been reduced to a maximum of 12 feet by 4 feet by 1 foot deep.

  15. The maximum quantity possible for use is about 15 c.

  16. To obtain the maximum quantity of good rubber the buckets should first be rinsed.

  17. In this way they increased to the maximum of thirty-three families.

  18. But that a maximum of goodness, with all of the accessories which it might involve, should be thus self-subsistent, is quite conceivable.

  19. To be and to do to the uttermost, to realize the maximum from nature's investment in one's special capacities and powers--this is indeed the first principle of a morality of action.

  20. Reality is the development with all of its ascending stages from the maximum of potentiality, or matter, to the maximum of actuality, or God the pure form.

  21. Whether or not it be possible to conceive a pure rationality as self-subsistent, inasmuch as there are degrees it is at any rate possible to conceive of a maximum of rationality.

  22. The goal at which the will aims does not consist in a maximum of pleasurable feelings, but in the normal exercise of the vital functions for which the species is predisposed.

  23. Does not the individuality of the individual thinker connote the very maximum of error?

  24. Here -1 is a maximum value, and +7 is a minimum value of the expression, though it can be made greater or less than any assignable quantity.

  25. The rash attains its maximum in about one day, and quickly disappears.

  26. Some remarkable theorems on maximum areas are attributed to Zenodorus, and preserved by Pappus and Theon of Alexandria.

  27. As an example of the use of the formulae we may determine the maximum span for a wire of given material.

  28. If it is odd, there is no maximum or minimum.

  29. Take for instance the problem of Regiomontanus "to find a point on a given straight line which subtends a maximum angle at two given points A and B.

  30. With a Ministerial majority standing at a maximum of forty, it is of the utmost importance to the Government that there shall be no sign of falling off.

  31. He must also consider that, should he pass, the maximum he and his partner can secure is 100 points in the honor column.

  32. With affairs in this state, the author determined that it would materially improve the game to arrange the count so that the various bids be as nearly as possible equalized, every suit given a real rating, and the maximum competition created.

  33. This gives the maximum amount of information, but should only be attempted when the hand clearly indicates that there will be another opportunity to bid, as otherwise the Dealer may be left in with a non-game-producing declaration.

  34. High farming,” if the term is to have any definite meaning at all should only be used to express the idea of a farm so managed that the soil is rich enough to produce maximum crops every year.

  35. Some of them require much more labor than others, and should never be grown unless the land is capable of producing a maximum yield per acre, or a close approximation to it.

  36. But potash is not what my land needs to make it produce maximum crops.

  37. We know that wheat, barley, oats, and grasses, require for their maximum growth a liberal supply of available nitrogen in the soil.

  38. But the object of the experiment was not so much to ascertain what manures will pay, but to ascertain, if possible, what constituents of manures are required, in greatest quantity, for the maximum growth of corn.

  39. A time of maximum sun-spots is a time of great magnetic activity, and there have even been special cases in which a peculiar outbreak on the sun has been associated with remarkable magnetic phenomena on the earth.

  40. This has enabled astronomers to fix the period of the recurring maximum with greater accuracy.

  41. This seems to be well within the maximum velocities attainable by the molecules of oxygen, nitrogen, and other gases.

  42. They attain a maximum development from three to six months after the winter solstice on that planet, and then diminish until they are smallest about three to six months after the summer solstice.

  43. The most famous object of this kind was that which blazed out in the beginning of November, 1572, and which when first seen was as bright as Venus at its maximum brightness.

  44. The distance between the two lines varies from about 360 miles as a maximum down to the smallest limit distinguishable in our large telescopes, which is something less than thirty miles.

  45. From a diligent study of the records of magnetic observations it has been found that the time of sun-spot maximum always coincides almost exactly with that of maximum daily oscillation of the compass needle, while the minima agree similarly.

  46. He studied Covington's system of turning over each new store to a chief clerk to be operated on a percentage, thus giving him all the dignity of a proprietor and stimulating him to his maximum activity.

  47. Column H: Maximum depth of water in fathoms.

  48. The Quercus robur may furnish the maximum test to-day, but a few concealed pockets of nature may bring some other variety of the congeneric species to the front to-morrow, requiring M.

  49. Three feet and a half is a good maximum for height of opening unless the fireplace is over 6 feet wide.

  50. The public prosecutor moved to inflict the maximum penalty, five years imprisonment.

  51. The maximum education of the great majority of sons of the German bourgeoisie, consists in their passing the examination for one year's voluntary service in the army.

  52. Cavicchi and Pagano, with a maximum strength of nine hundred and fifty men and two hundred and seventy horses working ten hours a day removed every vestige of the debris in the devastated area.

  53. Halifax was laid out by military engineers with narrow streets--the "ideal was a fortified enclosure designed to accommodate the maximum number of inhabitants with the minimum of space.

  54. But it speeded and spurred the workers to prevent the maximum of exposure and neglect.

  55. Change is consequently introduced with a maximum of resistance .

  56. The result was that some coil was always cutting the magnetic lines-of-force at the maximum speed, while others were cutting them at varying speeds, down to zero; so that the aggregate of all was approximately the same at all instants.

  57. What is the maximum production per square foot?

  58. The area of these grounds is 200 acres, with a maximum depth of 6 feet of water over the beds.

  59. The maximum amount permitted to be dug is 2 bushels per week of clams or quahaugs, or of both.

  60. If the oysterman were sure of reaping the benefits of his labor and capital, it would be to his selfish interest to develop his own grant to its maximum capacity.

  61. In the following report various abuses of the present system of oyster culture will be enumerated, and it is only necessary to state that many evils must be eliminated before the oyster industry can obtain its maximum expansion.

  62. All that is necessary to procure the maximum yield is the application of systematic cultural methods, instead of relying on an impoverished natural supply.

  63. As has been said, the oyster industry in this district, while it has by no means attained its maximum development, has indeed reached very considerable proportions.

  64. The maximum production was reached a few years ago, and the industry is slowly on the decline, unless the opening up of new beds gives it a fresh start.

  65. To bring the shellfisheries of Massachusetts to their maximum production will take years, but within five years the production can be nearly doubled, if work in the right direction is begun at once.

  66. The utilization of the barren shellfish areas, wise laws, good regulations and systematic methods of culture are necessary, in order to obtain the maximum production from these sea farms.

  67. These are primarily problems of legislation, as the industry stands in need of better regulations before it can attain its maximum development.

  68. The questions remaining for legislation on this subject are the proper regulation of this private ownership, so as to give the maximum of encouragement to the oyster fishery, and the minimum of danger to the rival shellfish industries.

  69. What makes so many artists fail at these times to enjoy a maximum of pleasure and a minimum of its opposite, is that they do not train their bodies "like a strong man to run a race," and make and keep them aboundingly vital.

  70. The one lasting solution is for him to reduce his working time to a safe maximum and increase his recreation and sleeping-time to a safe minimum, and to train "without haste, without rest.

  71. Macedonian Front:--The advance of the Allies continues and develops; the French and the Serbians reach the Tcherna; the movement extends to a front of over 20 miles and attains a maximum depth of over 12 miles.

  72. Within Austro-Hungarian territory, limited as in Clause 3 below, there shall only be maintained as an organised military force a maximum of twenty divisions, reduced to pre-war peace effectives.

  73. The advance attains a maximum depth of seven miles.

  74. On this slope, however, he would be compelled to double his ordinary exertion to draw a full load, and it would therefore be the maximum grade.

  75. It protected the livelihood of the people, and may be summed up in a single sentence: No government deserves to exist unless it assures its people of the maximum of material welfare possible under prevailing physical conditions.

  76. The Chinese owe many of their social and political peculiarities to the effectiveness of their mass action, which is able to take place with a minimum of formal leadership and coordination and with a maximum of secrecy and totality.


  77. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "maximum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abundance; acme; affluence; all; amplitude; apex; apogee; authority; authorization; avalanche; best; bonanza; brow; cap; capital; ceiling; championship; chief; climactic; climax; command; comprehensive; consequential; considerable; consummate; control; crest; crown; culmination; deep; directorship; dominion; edge; effectiveness; end; exhaustive; extravagance; extreme; extremity; exuberance; fertility; flood; flow; full; fullness; generosity; grand; great; greatest; gush; head; headmost; heaven; heavy; height; high; highest; influence; intense; irresistible; jurisdiction; kingship; landslide; lavishness; leadership; liberality; limit; lordship; lot; main; management; mastership; mastery; maximal; maximum; meridian; mighty; most; mountaintop; much; myriad; noon; opulence; outpouring; outside; overflow; palm; paramount; paramountcy; peak; pinnacle; pitch; plenary; plenitude; plenty; point; pole; power; powerful; preeminent; presidency; prevalence; primacy; prodigality; productiveness; profusion; quantity; record; repletion; ridge; riot; rule; say; scads; serious; shower; sky; sovereignty; spate; spire; stream; strong; substantiality; summit; superabundance; superlative; supremacy; supreme; sway; terminal; tip; top; topmost; total; ultimate; upmost; uppermost; utmost; vertex; vertical; wealth; zenith


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    maximum depth; maximum elevation