extremum

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1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
2 Latin
- 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

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Extremum

[edit] Etymology

From Latin extremus

[edit] Noun

extremum (plural extrema or extremums)

(mathematics) a point, or value, which is a maximum or a minimum

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mathematics

German: Extremum (de) n.
Greek: ακρότατο (el) n. sg., ακρότατα (el) n. pl.
Italian: estremo (it) n.
Polish: ekstremum (pl) n.

Swedish: extremvärde n. (extreme value), extrempunkt c. (point where an extreme value is obtained)
Turkish: ekstremum (tr), ekstremum nokta (tr)

[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

extremum

accusative singular of extremus

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