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Maximum security prisons and supermax prisons are grades of high security level used by prison systems in various countries, which pose a higher level
Maximum_security_prison
Most secure levels of custody in the prison systems of certain countries
A super-maximum security (supermax) or administrative maximum (ADX) prison is a "control-unit" prison, or a unit within prisons, which represents the
Supermax_prison
Topics referred to by the same term
Maximum Security may refer to: Supermax, "control-unit" prisons, or units within prisons Maximum Security (comics), a comic book miniseries published
Maximum_Security
Federal supermax prison in Fremont County, Colorado, US
higher, more controlled level of custody than a regular maximum security prison (or "high security", as it is called in the federal prison system). ADX Florence
ADX_Florence
Headquarters of the Philippine Army
Ipil Detention Center), a higher security facility called the Youth Rehabilitation Center (YRC), and the Maximum Security Unit where Senators Jose W. Diokno
Fort_Bonifacio
American Thoroughbred racehorse
Maximum Security (foaled May 14, 2016) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2019 Champion Three-Year-Old after winning the Florida
Maximum_Security_(horse)
Singaporean documentary series by CNA
Inside Maximum Security is a Singaporean documentary series produced by CNA, which focuses on the lives of five inmates at B1 institution, the maximum-security
Inside_Maximum_Security
1987 studio album by Tony MacAlpine
Maximum Security is the second studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released in 1987 through PolyGram. It is his only release to enter the U.S. Billboard
Maximum Security (Tony MacAlpine album)
Maximum_Security_(Tony_MacAlpine_album)
Canadian correctional facility
Millhaven Institution (French: Établissement de Millhaven) is a maximum security prison located in Bath, Ontario. Approximately 500 inmates are incarcerated
Millhaven_Institution
Prison in Idaho, United States
Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI) is a maximum-security prison located near Kuna, Idaho, United States, one of a cluster of seven detention facilities
Idaho Maximum Security Institution
Idaho_Maximum_Security_Institution
Prison in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
The Riverbend Maximum Security Institution (RMSI) is a prison in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
Riverbend_Maximum_Security_Institution
Place in Haifa, Israel
maximum-security psychiatric ward". Ynetglobal. Retrieved 2026-05-26. Ayalon, Ariela (2025-03-08). "A rare glimpse: Life in Israel's maximum-security
Sha'ar_Menashe
Prison in Kampala, Uganda
Luzira Maximum Security Prison is a maximum security prison for both men and women in Uganda. Until Kitalya Maximum Security Prison opened in 2020, Luzira
Luzira Maximum Security Prison
Luzira_Maximum_Security_Prison
Marvel Comics crossover event
"Maximum Security" is a comic book story line and crossover event that ran through a three-issue self-titled limited series and individual issues of the
Maximum_Security_(comics)
American drama television series
Maximum Security is an American drama television series that originally aired on HBO from July 1984 to March 1985. The series depicts the everyday life
Maximum_Security_(TV_series)
Maximum security prison in Butler County, Kansas, U.S.
The El Dorado Correctional Facility (abbreviated EDCF) is a maximum security prison located east of the city of El Dorado in rural Prospect Township, Butler
El Dorado Correctional Facility
El_Dorado_Correctional_Facility
2012 French film
Lockout (also known as MS One: Maximum Security) is a 2012 English-language French science fiction action film directed by James Mather and Stephen Saint
Lockout_(film)
American prison drama television series
Facility, formerly Oswald State Penitentiary, a fictional level 4 maximum-security state prison in an unspecified East Coast state, although references
Oz_(TV_series)
Facility in Cape Town, South Africa
known as Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, is located in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Pollsmoor is a maximum security penal facility that
Pollsmoor_Prison
2005 novel by Robert Muchamore
Maximum Security is the third novel in the CHERUB series of books, written by Robert Muchamore. In this novel CHERUB agents James Adams and Dave Moss infiltrate
Maximum_Security_(novel)
Prison facility in New Zealand
pronounced "Par-re") is a prison facility consisting from minimum security to maximum security units based in Paremoremo, Auckland, New Zealand. The units are
Auckland_Prison
Women's prison in Risdon Vale, Tasmania
Women's Prison, formerly Risdon Women's Prison, an Australian minimum to maximum security prison for females, is located in Risdon Vale, Tasmania. The facility
Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison
Mary_Hutchinson_Women's_Prison
Former prison off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa
prisoners and convicted criminals. The maximum security prison for political prisoners closed in 1991 and the medium security prison for criminal prisoners was
Robben_Island_(prison)
April 18, 1999. p. C1. Retrieved January 16, 2010. Gordon Wright, "Maximum security", Building Design and Construction 42(2), February 1999; accessed via
Red_Onion_State_Prison
Australian bank robber (born 1962)
postcard bandit" by police seeking media coverage. Abbott was held in a maximum-security prison in Queensland until he was transferred in 2016 to Casuarina
Brenden_Abbott
State prison in Union County, Florida
the Florida system. It houses a maximum capacity of 2,172 adult male prisoners at a range of security levels (Maximum, Close, Medium, Minimum, and Community)
Union Correctional Institution
Union_Correctional_Institution
1985 studio album by Alien Sex Fiend
Maximum Security is the third studio album by English rock band Alien Sex Fiend, released in October 1985 by Anagram Records. Maximum Security peaked at
Maximum Security (Alien Sex Fiend album)
Maximum_Security_(Alien_Sex_Fiend_album)
Super Max Prison in Nigeria
Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison is a prison west of Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria. It is named after the rural Kirikiri community in which it is situated
Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison
Kirikiri_Maximum_Security_Prison
Ugandan maximum security prison
Kitalya Maximum Security Prison is a maximum security prison for both men and women in Uganda. The construction of the prison was completed in 2020 and
Kitalya Maximum Security Prison
Kitalya_Maximum_Security_Prison
Prison in Ecuador
El Encuentro (Spanish for "The Encounter") is a maximum security prison in Santa Elena, Ecuador. The prison opened on 11 November 2025 when it accepted
El_Encuentro_(prison)
Prison in Indiana, United States
Indiana State Prison is a maximum security Indiana Department of Correction prison for adult males; however, minimum security housing also exists on the
Indiana_State_Prison
Maximum-security state prison for male prisoners, located in New York, US
Shawangunk Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison for males located in the Town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York in the United States
Shawangunk Correctional Facility
Shawangunk_Correctional_Facility
Facility where people are kept as punishment
custody level goes beyond maximum security for people such as terrorists or political prisoners deemed a threat to national security, and inmates from other
Prison
Maximum security prison in Wisconsin
Dodge Correctional Institution (DCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division
Dodge Correctional Institution
Dodge_Correctional_Institution
American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer (1949–2023)
MCF-Oak Park Heights, a maximum-security facility in Stillwater, Minnesota. Before that he spent about 4 years at medium-security prison MCF-Faribault after
Donald_Blom
Maximum-security state prison in Lexington, Oklahoma
Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC) is an American maximum-security state prison for men located in Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Lexington Assessment and Reception Center
Lexington_Assessment_and_Reception_Center
Maximum security federal prison in Mexico
maximum-security federal prison located in Almoloya de Juárez, Mexico. Commonly referred to as Altiplano, it is considered Mexico's principal maximum-security
Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1
Federal_Social_Readaptation_Center_No._1
Slabside Penitentiary. A version of Slabside Island called Slabside Maximum Security Prison appears in Arrow. Stryker's Island is a prominent penitentiary
List_of_DC_Universe_locations
Mexican drug lord (born 1946)
serving his 40-year sentence at the Altiplano maximum-security prison but was transferred to a medium-security facility in 2014 due to his declining health
Miguel_Ángel_Félix_Gallardo
Prison in Nairobi, Kenya
Kamiti Maximum Security Prison is a prison in Nairobi, Kenya. The prison is within Kasarani District, bordering Kiambu County. Originally named "Kamiti
Kamiti Maximum Security Prison
Kamiti_Maximum_Security_Prison
agreed to hold public hearings on the conditions within California's maximum security prisons where this prolonged solitary confinement has taken place.
2013 California prisoner hunger strike
2013_California_prisoner_hunger_strike
Maximum-security prison in Portage, Wisconsin, United States
The Columbia Correctional Institution (CCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Columbia Correctional Institution (Wisconsin)
Columbia_Correctional_Institution_(Wisconsin)
1986 Australian murder case
2025[update], John Travers was housed in Wellington Correctional Centre in maximum security. In 1996, he and another inmate were being transported from Goulburn
Murder_of_Anita_Cobby
Transnational drug-trafficking organization
his organization via mobile phone until he was transferred to a new maximum security prison in the early 1990s. At that point his nephews, the Arellano
Sinaloa_Cartel
Prison in Nonthaburi, Thailand
under the reign of King Vajiravudh. The facility was designed as a maximum-security prison, featuring a 30-metre central observation tower and 20 guard
Bang_Kwang_Central_Prison
American murderer (born 1980)
Smith was held at Brookwood Secure Center in Claverack, New York, a maximum security prison for juvenile inmates aged 13–17, for three years, and he was
Eric_Smith_(murderer)
Maximum-security prison farm in Mississippi, US
Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP), also known as Parchman Farm, is a maximum-security prison farm located in the unincorporated community of Parchman in
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Mississippi_State_Penitentiary
Moroccan-Dutch suspect (born 1977)
record-breaking reward of €100,000. In 2022 he was held at Nieuw Vosseveld, a maximum security prison in Vught and the main suspect in the Marengo trial. Taghi was
Ridouan_Taghi
Mexican drug lord incarcerated in a US federal prison (born 1957)
trafficking. He bribed multiple prison guards and escaped from a federal maximum security prison in 2001. His status as a fugitive resulted in an US$8.8 million
El_Chapo
Maximum-security state prison in New York
Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison campus in the town of Attica, New York, operated by the New York State Department of Corrections
Attica_Correctional_Facility
American maximum-security prison farm
maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. It is the largest maximum-security correctional
Louisiana_State_Penitentiary
Maximum security prison in Illinois, US
Department of Corrections maximum security prison (Level 1) for adult males in Pontiac, Illinois. The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium
Pontiac_Correctional_Center
American serial killer (1961–2020)
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary before being transferred to the maximum security Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg. While in prison, he
Nicholas_Todd_Sutton
British terrorist jailed in a US federal prison
prison without parole and was transferred to ADX Florence, a super maximum security prison in Colorado. Reid was born in Bromley, London, to Lesley Hughes
Richard_Reid
Correctional facility in Toronto, Canada
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a Government of Ontario-operated maximum-security correctional facility for adult male inmates serving a sentence of
Toronto South Detention Centre
Toronto_South_Detention_Centre
2013 murder in North Attleborough, Massachusetts
at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, a maximum-security facility adjacent to the medium-security Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Shirley
Murder_of_Odin_Lloyd
Place in prison housing inmates awaiting execution
are housed at a maximum-security custody level in three units at San Quentin State Prison. Females are housed in a maximum-security unit at Central California
Death_row
Classification system for prisoners
In the United Kingdom, prisoners are divided into four categories of security. Each adult is assigned to a category according to their crime, sentence
Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom
Prisoner_security_categories_in_the_United_Kingdom
Mexican drug lord (born 1952)
Readaptation Center No. 1 maximum security prison in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico. Even though Caro Quintero was to face a maximum of 199 years in jail
Rafael_Caro_Quintero
American murderer, death row inmate and self-confessed serial killer
to allow for legal challenges. He remains on death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, Idaho. Creech was born on September 9, 1950, in
Thomas_Eugene_Creech
American actor
his future wife, Judith Light. He starred in the HBO drama series, Maximum Security (1984–85), the ABC crime drama Heart of the City (1986–87), and from
Robert_Desiderio
21st episode of the 3rd season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine
"Maximum Security" is the twenty-first episode of the third season of the American television police sitcom series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It is the 66th overall
Maximum Security (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Maximum_Security_(Brooklyn_Nine-Nine)
U.S. state prison
SCI Phoenix. The facility, built in 1929, was Pennsylvania's largest maximum-security prison, holding about 3,500 prisoners. It replaced functions at Eastern
State Correctional Institution – Graterford
State_Correctional_Institution_–_Graterford
Illinois state prison agency
Center: closed in 2013; maximum security Tamms Minimum Security Unit: low minimum Thomson Correctional Center, a maximum security facility built in 2001 near
Illinois Department of Corrections
Illinois_Department_of_Corrections
Maximum security state prison in New York, US
a maximum security state prison in Coxsackie, Greene County, New York. It currently houses approximately 900 inmates. It is classified as a maximum security
Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Coxsackie_Correctional_Facility
Prison in New South Wales, Australia
The Silverwater Correctional Complex, an Australian maximum and minimum security prison complex for males and females, is located in Silverwater, 21 km
Silverwater Correctional Complex
Silverwater_Correctional_Complex
Prison in New Brunswick, Canada
Institution (French: Établissement de l'Atlantique) is a Canadian maximum security prison for men. It is located in Renous, a rural community about 30
Atlantic_Institution
Prison in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
The Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison (Correctional Centre) is a detention facility based in Maiduguri, Nigeria, the Borno State capital. As of 2019, it
Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison
Maiduguri_Maximum_Security_Prison
Brazilian criminal, drug trafficker serving a 234-year prison term
recordings of a hearing, which planned to move him and 700 prisoners to a maximum-security prison. Immediately, Marcola contacted PCC leaders through cellphones
Marcola
Prison in Arkansas, United States
proximity to, but not within, the Tucker census-designated place. A Maximum Security Unit was constructed a short distance north of the Tucker Unit in 1983
Tucker_Unit
Federal supermax-style prison in Quebec, Canada
SHU before being transferred back to the general population of other maximum security prisons; however, some inmates are considered to be too high-risk to
Regional_Reception_Centre
Maximum-security men's prison in New York, US
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision maximum security state prison for men located in the Village of Dannemora, New York
Clinton_Correctional_Facility
2018 film directed by Madeleine Sackler
The film was entirely filmed in Pendleton Correctional Facility, a maximum security (Level 4) prison in Indiana. The film follows the story of a man preparing
O.G._(film)
Nigerian terrorism convict
Prison, Abuja, where he was held throughout his trial to Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison. At the latter prison, he wrote a book detailing human rights
Charles_Okah
Former Canadian maximum security prison
(known locally as KP and Kingston Pen[citation needed]) is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West
Kingston_Penitentiary
2005 video game
of the game is ultimately to turn your low-security incarceration facility into a profitable maximum-security prison. Funding is collected by the player
Prison_Tycoon
Prison in Rhode Island, United States
Rhode Island Maximum Security Prison, formerly known as Howard Prison, is a Rhode Island Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Cranston
Rhode Island Maximum Security Prison
Rhode_Island_Maximum_Security_Prison
Series of novels by Robert Muchamore
and Dave to bust someone out. James and Dave go undercover inside a maximum security prison in Arizona to break out Curtis Oxford, the son of an illegal
CHERUB
American domestic terrorist (born 1955)
possibility of parole, and is incarcerated at ADX Florence, a super maximum security prison near Florence, Colorado. He shared a cell block that is commonly
Terry_Nichols
Horse race
horse, Maximum Security, ridden by Luis Saez. The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia announced two months later that it would withhold Maximum Security's purse
Saudi_Cup
State prison in Clark County, Nevada, US
High Desert State Prison is a maximum security state prison in unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, near Indian Springs, northwest of Las Vegas. It is
High Desert State Prison (Nevada)
High_Desert_State_Prison_(Nevada)
Comic book character
involving the Scourge of the Underworld. During the events of the "Maximum Security" storyline, U.S. Agent was given a new uniform reminiscent of riot
U.S._Agent
Prison in Manitoba, Canada
Rockwood Institution, a minimum-security facility established in 1962. The newest addition to Stony Mountain, the maximum-security unit, opened in 2014. In the
Stony_Mountain_Institution
Corrective labor colony in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
romanized: Polyarnyy volk) or Yamskaya Troika (Ямская тройка), is a men's maximum security corrective colony in the town of Kharp in the Priuralsky District in
FKU_IK-3,_Kharp
Room where capital punishment is administered
carried out. Execution chambers are almost always inside the walls of a maximum-security prison, although not always at the same prison where the death row
Execution_chamber
Municipality in San Vicente Department, El Salvador
Salvador. The Terrorism Confinement Center, also known as CECOT, is a maximum security prison located in Tecoluca. "VII CENSO DE POBLACIÓN Y VI DE VIVIENDA
Tecoluca
Prison in Bradford County, Florida, United States
Florida, with a Raiford postal address. Opened in 1961, FSP is a close/maximum security facility operated by the Florida Department of Corrections with a capacity
Florida_State_Prison
1981 film by John Carpenter
converted Manhattan Island in New York City into the country's sole maximum security prison. Air Force One is hijacked by anti-government insurgents who
Escape_from_New_York
2017 American film by S. Craig Zahler
follows Bradley Thomas, a drug mule who must kill a man held in a maximum security prison to rescue his pregnant wife from a vengeful drug lord. Zahler
Brawl_in_Cell_Block_99
Prison in Lancaster, Massachusetts
post-conviction maximum-security state prison in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Cedar Junction operates a pre-trial maximum-security "reception
Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center
Souza-Baranowski_Correctional_Center
Minimum security prison near Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Stateville Correctional Center (SCC) is a minimum security (formerly maximum security) state prison for men in Crest Hill, Illinois, United States, near
Stateville Correctional Center
Stateville_Correctional_Center
Maximum-security prison in Ossining, New York
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum-security prison for men operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Sing_Sing
Prison in Folsom, California, United States
United States to have electricity. Folsom was also one of the first maximum security prisons. It has been the execution site of 93 condemned prisoners.
Folsom_State_Prison
Fictional character
Schillinger is one of the most powerful and feared inmates in Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary ("Oz"). As a leader of Oz's Aryan Brotherhood, Schillinger
Vernon_Schillinger
Military correction facility in Fort Leavenworth, KS
States Army Corrections Command. The USDB is the U.S. military's only maximum-security facility that houses male service members convicted at court-martial
United States Disciplinary Barracks
United_States_Disciplinary_Barracks
Prison in Oakwood, Virginia, United States
Keen Mountain Correctional Center is a level 4, maximum security correctional facility in Oakwood, Virginia. It opened in 1990 and houses up to 1200 adult
Keen Mountain Correctional Center
Keen_Mountain_Correctional_Center
Prison break in San Francisco, California
and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United
June_1962_Alcatraz_escape
Multi-security level prison in New York, US
medium security prison for men. In 1998, a maximum security S-Block Special Housing Unit was added to the facility to hold 200 maximum security inmates
Fishkill Correctional Facility
Fishkill_Correctional_Facility
U.S. prison escape
Sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m. bed check at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, United States
2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape
2015_Clinton_Correctional_Facility_escape
American murderer (1955–2004)
they were already serving the maximum sentence allowed under federal law in the disciplinary section of a maximum security federal prison. "These inmates
Clayton_Fountain
MAXIMUM SECURITY
MAXIMUM SECURITY
Boy/Male
African, Arabic
Far
Male
Italian
Italian form of Latin Maximus, MASSIMO means "the greatest."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Auspicious, Prosperous
Boy/Male
Indian
Auspicious, Prosperous
Boy/Male
Italian American
The greatest.
Girl/Female
Latin
The best.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Greatest
Boy/Male
Latin French
Greatest.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Trusting
Boy/Male
Latin
Greatest.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Increase; Excess; High Degree; Maximum; Feminine of Mazid
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Latin, Swedish
The Greatest; Form of Maximilian; Great; The Greatest Rival
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit
Plenty; Maximum; Intelligent; Young and Dynamic; Earth
Boy/Male
Latin
Greatest.
Boy/Male
Russian American
The greatest.
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Maximus, MÃXIMO means "the greatest."
Male
Russian
(МакÑим) Variant spelling of Russian Maksim, MAXIM means "the greatest." Compare with another form of Maxim.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, French, Latin
Greatest
Male
French
French form of Latin Maximus, MAXIME means "the greatest."Â
Boy/Male
Arabic, French, Muslim
Lucky
MAXIMUM SECURITY
MAXIMUM SECURITY
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Soft Minded
Female
Serbian
(Serbian Ведрана): Croatian and Serbian name VEDRANA means "jolly, merry."
Girl/Female
Indian
Praiseworthy
Girl/Female
Latin
From pompey.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Mother of Humankind
Male
Portuguese
Catalan and Portuguese form of Latin Nicolaus, NICOLAU means "victor of the people."
Girl/Female
British, English
Park with Deer
Boy/Male
Arabic, Parsi
Caress; Kindness
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Basque, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Irish, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Swiss
Named for Saint Denys; Follower of Dionysus; Mountain of Zeus; Brown Warrior
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Young Lady
MAXIMUM SECURITY
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n.
The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
n.
A proposition; a maxim.
n.
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).
a.
Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.
n.
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
n.
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.
v. t.
A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
n.
Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
n.
Minimum.
n.
A brief reflection or maxim.
n.
The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum.
n.
The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large.
n.
A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.
n.
In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
n.
An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
n.
A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.
a.
Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
pl.
of Maximum
pl.
of Minimum
n.
An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.