What is the difference in usage between maximum and maximal? When would you use one or the other? Maximum can be a noun or an adjective: This is the maximum it can be set to. This is …

Dec 6, 2011 · In parallel, the same applies to maximal and minimal values. In other words, a maximal value is essentially a local maximum; a minimal value is essentially a local minimum.

Nov 26, 2010 · As JSBangs and Kosmonaut have pointed out already, despite is the way to go in contemporary English. However, despite of is not incorrect per se; it's just a bit dated. Look no …

Finally, if the above rules leave more than one acceptable break between syllables, use the Maximal Onset Principle: If there is a string of consonants between syllables, break this string …

Usually the pairing is 'optimal/pessimal', 'maximal/minimal' (and the corresponding noun versions. In mathematical language there is a subtle difference between the -al and -um versions, …

Nov 11, 2021 · Max. with the period at the end would indicate that you are shortening the word for convenience. The word max is an informal [Lexico; Collins for the 'British usage'] or slang …

Nov 15, 2023 · @Lambie The shift to maximal terseness is not an American thing, it’s an online lifestyle thing (I hesitate to use ‘internet’ here because it predates what most people mean …

Jul 15, 2015 · 3 Sounds like maximal Of or constituting a maximum; the highest or greatest possible: the maximal speed Oxford Dictionaries Online You could say How building a culture …

Sep 9, 2010 · I remember reading somewhere that if a unit is abbreviated as one character, there must not be a space between the number and the unit (e.g., 5m, 26K). If the unit is …

Oct 28, 2012 · If you are writing about the arts (the term is also current in biblical studies and theology), I would not capitalize modernism. The names (and derivative adjectives) of some …