maximation

1. 1.

   the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position

   Synonymsmaximizationmaximisation

   Broaderincrease

Other forms of maximation

plural

maximations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about maximation

What does maximation mean?

maximation means "the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position".

How many syllables are in maximation?

maximation has 5 syllables: max-i-ma-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for maximation?

Close synonyms include maximization, maximisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maximation a common word?

maximation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.