Maxima may refer to:
People
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Maxima of Rome
Maxima of Rome () was a slave and friend of Saint Ansanus of Siena. She was martyr
A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusi ...
, early Christian saint and martyr
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Maxima of Lisbon, early Christian saint and martyr
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Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
Máxima (born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti; 17 May 1971) is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander.
Argentine by birth, she worked in marketing when she met Willem-Alexander, eldest son and heir apparent of Queen Beatrix ...
(born 1971)
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Máxima Acuña, Peruvian activist
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Maximilla
Maximilla was a prophetess and an early advocate of Montanism, a heretical Christian sect founded in the third century A.D. by Montanus. Some scholars believe that Maximilla and Priscilla, another prophet, were actually the co-founders of Montan ...
, also known as Maxima, early Montanist figure
Science and mathematics
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Maxima and minima
In mathematical analysis, the maxima and minima (the respective plurals of maximum and minimum) of a function, known collectively as extrema (the plural of extremum), are the largest and smallest value of the function, either within a given ra ...
, the highest and lowest values of a function in calculus
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Maxima (software)
Maxima () is a computer algebra system (CAS) based on a 1982 version of Macsyma. It is written in Common Lisp and runs on all POSIX platforms such as macOS, Unix, BSD, and Linux, as well as under Microsoft Windows and Android. It is free softwa ...
, a free open-source computer algebra system
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Millimeter Anisotropy eXperiment IMaging Array
The Millimeter Anisotropy eXperiment IMaging Array (MAXIMA) experiment was a balloon-borne experiment funded by the United States NSF, NASA, and Department of Energy, and operated by an international collaboration headed by the University of Cali ...
, a cosmic microwave background experiment
Vehicles
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Voith Maxima
The Voith Group is a German manufacturer of machines for the pulp and paper industry, technical equipment for hydropower plants and drive and braking systems. The family-owned company, which operates worldwide and has its headquarters in Hei ...
, a locomotive family built by Voith Turbo
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Nissan Maxima
The Nissan Maxima is a full-size car manufactured and marketed by Nissan and offered as Nissan's flagship sedan primarily in North America, the Middle East, and China — and currently in its eighth generation. Having debuted for model year ...
, an automobile manufactured by Nissan
Other uses
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Maxima (music)
A maxima, duplex longa, larga (in British usage: large), or octuple whole note was a musical note used commonly in thirteenth and fourteenth century music and occasionally until the end of the sixteenth century. It was usually twice or, rare ...
, a musical note value in mensural notation
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''Máxima'' (magazine), a Portuguese magazine
* ''Maxima'', an Austrian magazine owned by BIPA, a health and beauty chain owned by
REWE Group
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Maxima (DC Comics)
Maxima () is a character appearing in comics published by DC Comics. In her original incarnation, she was a morally ambiguous queen from the planet Almerac who is known for searching for mates among Earth's superhuman male population to be wedded ...
, a character in the DC comics universe
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Maxima (''The King of Fighters''), a character in ''The King of Fighters''
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Maxima Group
Maxima Grupė UAB is a Lithuanian group of retail chain companies operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Bulgaria. It is the largest Lithuanian capital company and the largest employer in the Baltic states. , Maxima has more tha ...
, a retail chain in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria and Poland
See also
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Macsyma
Macsyma (; "Project MAC's SYmbolic MAnipulator") is one of the oldest general-purpose computer algebra systems still in wide use. It was originally developed from 1968 to 1982 at MIT's Project MAC.
In 1982, Macsyma was licensed to Symbolics a ...
, an early symbolic mathematical system developed at MIT
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Maxim (disambiguation)
Maxim or Maksim may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Maxim'' (magazine), an international men's magazine
** ''Maxim'' (Australia), the Australian edition
** ''Maxim'' (India), the Indian edition
*Maxim Radio, ''Maxim'' magazine's radio channel on Sir ...
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Maxime (disambiguation) Maxime is a French given name that may refer to:
As a name
*Maxime Bernier (born 1963), former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
*Maxime Bôcher, American mathematician
* Maxime Boyer, Canadian professional wrestler
* Maxime Du Camp, French writ ...
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Maximón
Maximón (), also called San Simón, is a Mayan deity and folk saint represented in various forms by the Maya peoples of several towns in the Guatemalan Highlands. Oral tradition of his creation and purpose in these communities is complex, diverse ...
, a folk saint venerated in various forms by Maya people of several towns in the highlands of Western Guatemala.
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Maximum (disambiguation)
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Maximus (disambiguation)
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