Words in english starting with M

• maximian — Noun – English ～ Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311)
• maximisation — Noun – English ～ the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position
• maximising — Adjective – English ～ making as great as possible
• maximization — Noun – English ～ the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position
• maximization — Noun – English ～ the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function
• maximizing — Adjective – English ～ making as great as possible
• maximum — Noun – English ～ the largest possible quantity
• maximum — Noun – English ～ the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
• maximum — Noun – English ～ the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost"
• maximum — Adjective – English ～ the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure"
• Maxmilien de Bethune — Noun – English ～ French statesman (1560-1641)
• Maxostoma — Noun – English ～ a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
• Maxwell — Noun – English ～ Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
• maxwell — Noun – English ～ a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
• Maxwell Anderson — Noun – English ～ United States dramatist (1888-1959)
• Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law — Noun – English ～ (physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium
• Maxwell's demon — Noun – English ～ an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics
• Maxwell's equations — Noun – English ～ four differential equations that summarize classical properties of electromagnetic fields
• Maxzide — Noun – English ～ trade name for an antihypertensive drug containing hydrochlorothiazide and another diuretic
• May apple — Noun – English ～ North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

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