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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Maximum

and Minimum. The greatest and the least amount; as, the maximum profits or exports, and the minimum profits or exports; the maximum and minimum price of corn during the year. The terms are also employed in mathematics.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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