The time or period during which the highest point or degree is attained, The greatest amount, quantity, or degree; the utmost extent or limit_ opposed to minimum, the smallest, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment, adjective_ Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained, the greatest or most complete or best possible, Having or being the greatest quantity or the highest degree that has been or can be attained