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extremum

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[ik-stree-muhm] / ɪkˈstri məm /

noun

Mathematics.

plural

extrema

  1. a maximum or minimum value of a function in a specified neighborhood.

Etymology

Origin of extremum

1900–05; < New Latin, noun use of neuter of Latin extrēmus extreme

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