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Definition of "extremal" [extremal]

  • Mathematics Of or relating to maximal or minimal values or degrees of inclusiveness. (adjective)
  • Having or characterized by extreme properties or conditions: an extremal black hole. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "extremal" in a sentence
  • "Penrose hypothesizes that the extremal is a graviton."
  • "It is disingenious to ascribe every heat wave to global warming but explain away all extremal cold events as "just weather"."
  • "If it works – even on a rudimentary level – Hameroff will be vindicated, and it won't matter at all that nobody knows what the extremal is."