Extrema
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of extremum, referring to the outermost or farthest points from the centre, used particularly in mathematics for maximum and minimum values of a function.
“The calculus student was asked to find all the extrema of the curve over the given interval.”
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