English Explanatory Dictionary

local maximum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A maximum within a restricted domain; a point on a function whose value is greater than the values of all other points near it, especially if another local maximum of greater value is known to exist.

Word forms

local maximum local maximums local maxima

Related words

local minimum global maximum
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