extremum

unregelmäßiger Plural

A noun referring to a point at which a function reaches its maximum or minimum value, or more generally the farthest point from the center or the most extreme possible amount or value.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Punkt bezeichnet, an dem eine Funktion ihr Maximum oder Minimum erreicht, oder allgemeiner den am weitesten von einem Zentrum entfernten Punkt bzw. den äußersten möglichen Wert oder Grad.

1. Farthest point from the center C2 formal

   The point located farthest from the middle of something.

   • The extremum of the ellipse is located at its major axis.
   • In geometry, the extremum of a shape is often the vertex.
   • The extremum of the curve was calculated using calculus.

   🇩🇪Weitester Punkt vom Zentrum

   Synonyme: extremeextreme pointextremity

2. Maximum or minimum value C2 formal

   The most extreme possible amount or value, either the highest or lowest.

   • The function reaches an extremum at x equals zero.
   • Finding the extremum is essential in optimization problems.
   • The extremum of the data set was identified as the outlier.

   🇩🇪Maximal- oder Minimalwert

   Synonyme: extreme

   Antonyme: averageintermediatemeanmedianmiddle

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