"extremum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈstɹiːməm/ Forms: extrema [plural], extremums [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin extrēmum, neuter form of extrēmus (“extreme in degree”). Doublet of extreme. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|extrēmum}} Learned borrowing from Latin extrēmum, {{m|la|extrēmus|t=extreme in degree}} extrēmus (“extreme in degree”), {{dbt|en|extreme}} Doublet of extreme Head templates: {{en-noun|extrema|s}} extremum (plural extrema or extremums)
  1. (mathematics) A point, or value that is a maximum or a minimum. Wikipedia link: extremum Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics): екстре́мум (ekstrémum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 極值 (Chinese Mandarin), 极值 (jízhí) (Chinese Mandarin), ääriarvo (Finnish), Extremum [neuter] (German), ακρότατο (akrótato) [neuter] (Greek), estremo [neuter] (Italian), экстремум (ékstremum) (Kazakh), اکسترمم (ekstremom) (Persian), ekstremum [neuter] (Polish), extremo [masculine] (Portuguese), extrem [neuter] (Romanian), экстре́мум (ekstrɛ́mum) [masculine] (Russian), extremvärde (english: extreme value) [neuter] (Swedish), extrempunkt (english: point where an extreme value is obtained) [common-gender] (Swedish), ekstremum (Turkish), ekstremum nokta (Turkish)

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