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The act of maximizing something
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maximization
Word definitions for maximization in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Maximization or maximisation can refer to: Maximization in the sense of exaggeration Entropy maximization Maximization (economics) Profit maximization Utility maximization problem Budget-maximizing model Shareholder value maximization Maximization (psychology) ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of raise something to its greatest value or extent. 2 (context mathematics English) The process of finding the maximum value of a function.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position [syn: maximisation , maximation ] [ant: minimization ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maximization \Max`i*mi*za"tion\, n. The act or process of increasing to the highest degree. --Bentham.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1802, noun of action from maximize .
Usage examples of maximization.
Nor does it help to offer the principle of the maximization of choice as the key to freedom.
In both its capitalist and communist variants, industrialism was a system focused on the maximization of material welfare.
It was bat-shaped and made of some light metal, and it fluttered around looking for a place to sting Bill but changing its mind so often (infinite maximization program) that Bill had plenty of time to knock the thing to the ground and stomp it to shreds.
At present, both orders and its own estimation of the proper maximization of mission goals indicated stealth tactics.
If you posit a singularity, then maximization of local computing resources – like this – as the usual end state for tool users, is it any wonder none of them ever came calling on us?