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Definitions: Maxim |
MaximNoun1. A saying that widely accepted on its own merits. 2. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Maxim" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the greatest". |
Date "maxim" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Maxim \Max"im\, noun. [French expression maxime, from Latin expression maxima (sc. sententia), the greatest sentence, proposition, or axiom, i. e., of the greatest weight or authority, feminine from maximus greatest, superl. of magnus great. See Magnitude, and compare to Maximum.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Biographical Satire | MAXIM, patron saint of the American-English tourist in Paris, who introduced New York prices into a naughty cafe. When a young man he discovered that the tourists were not paying enough money to see the sights. With the assistance of some handsomely gowned women he opened a cafe on the Rue Royal where they could. For years it was patronized by his countrymen until they were ruined. Later only royalty and tourists were permitted to enter and form a mistaken idea of the real French cafe, pay double prices for everything, see a few chorus girls, hear champagne bottles, and talk to English-speaking waiters. Ambition: Americans. Recreation: Staying at home. Press Agent: The Merry Widow and the Girl from Maxims. Epitaph: Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense. MAXIM, no relation of the above, as he only manufactured things to kill people, and not to financially ruin them. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Maxim is a men's magazine.The magazine features women (including popular actresses, singers, or other female celebrities) in sexually suggestive poses, usually wearing lingerie or other brief attire. However the American version of the magazine has never featured any nudity. There is some controversy as to whether or not this should be classified as pornography. The United States government, for one, does not classify it as such. Wal-Mart has recently decided not to carry the magazine, but did not specify the reason(s) involved in the decision.
Other regular features of the magazine are short articles on subjects like sports, movies, television, video games, cars, crime, and drinking which are considered to be of interest to the magazine's young male audience. Every issue features extensive reviews and endorsements of new products, many of whose producers have presumedly made financial arrangments with the magazine.
Maxim quickly became a highly popular magazine upon its introduction in the United States and soon prompted a number of subsiduaries and competitors.
See also: list of men's magazines
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Maxim."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MAXIM | English | Micro-Arcsecond X-ray Imaging Mission | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: MaximSynonym: axiom (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Gun, piece; firearms; artillery, ordnance; siege train, battering train; park, battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk; falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu; petard, torpedo; mitrailleur, mitrailleuse; infernal machine; smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom; ten pounder. |
Maxim | Received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim; true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying; |
Noun: maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot, motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis. | |
Precept | Noun: precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript, prescription; recipe, receipt; golden rule; maxim. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Maxim |
| English words defined with "maxim": aphoristic, apothegmatic ♦ Book of Proverbs ♦ epigrammatic ♦ fortune cookie ♦ Maxim Gorki, Maxim gun, moralism ♦ Protasis ♦ rule of thumb ♦ Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ♦ The Monroe doctrine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "maxim": Centaur ♦ Divide and Govern ♦ KISS Principle, Know the Fitting Moment ♦ LEHAR ♦ MAXIM ♦ pnambic ♦ Queen-Square Hermit ♦ sig quote, Sturgeon's Law. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "maxim": Gnomology ♦ magnitude. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Maxim" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (maximal, maximum, utmost), Swedish (dictum, Maxim). |
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Clever | A maxim consists of a minimum of sound and a maximum of sense. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Die Herren vom Maxim (1933) Maxim Maximich (1927) A Maxim Gun in Action (1897) Maxim Firing Field Gun (1897) Räkan från Maxim (1980) | |
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 | Caption: Members of Naval Consulting Board in Preparedness Parade, Edison at Left, Hudson Maxim, Center, W.C. Saunders at Right; New York, NY; May 13, 1916; {25.300/13} (jpg). |  | Chief Petty Officer demonstrates the operation of a Maxim 1- pounder machine gun, circa May 1898. USS Topeka is fitting out in the background.Credit: NAVY. |
| Chief Petty Officer demonstrates the operation of a Maxim 1- pounder machine gun, circa May 1898. USS Topeka is fitting out in the background.Credit: NAVY. |  | Noise extracted without pain : waiter (to single gentleman): excuse me, sir, but that lady and gentleman wish me to recommend to you one of those new Maxim soup silencers.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Maxim Litvinoff shakes hands with Boris Skvirskiy.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S.S. Vixen, Maxim machine gun and gunner Smith.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Caleb Colton | It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to ''meddle not''. |
E. P. Whipple | Nothing, says Goethe, is so terrible as activity without insight. -- Look before you leap is a maxim for the world. |
Hindoo Maxim | He only does not live in vain, who employs his wealth, his thought, his speech to advance the good of others. |
Immanuel Kant | Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Moreover, it is a maxim that, to take the boar requires the science of the hunter, and the strength of the dogs. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and who followed the primitive economic maxim, "Every man his own horse." The best of the lot was Chiron, who to the wisdom and virtues of the horse added the fleetness of man. The scripture story of the head of John the Baptist on a charger shows that pagan myths have somewhat sophisticated sacred history. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The mutual abolition of discriminating duties and charges upon the navigation and commercial intercourse between the parties is the general maxim which characterizes them all. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This precaution seems to be due to the general system of fortification which has been sanctioned by Congress, and is recommended by that maxim of wisdom which tells us in peace to prepare for war. |
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| "Maxim" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 68.60% of the time. "Maxim" is used about 776 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 68.6% | 532 | 11,529 |
| Noun (singular) | 30.76% | 239 | 19,365 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.39% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 776 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "maxim" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Maxim | Last name | 1,000 | 10,459 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Maxim" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the greatest". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Maxim." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Maximus | Male | Ancient Roman | N/A |
| Maksim | Male | Russian | Maximus |
| Maxim | Male | Russian | Maksim |
| Macsen | Male | Welsh | Maxim |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "maxim": admitted maxim ♦ Maxim Gorki ♦ Maxim gun ♦ received maxim ♦ recognized maxim ♦ sage maxim ♦ Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ♦ wise maxim. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "maxim": maxim-type. | |
Ending with "maxim": sub-maxim. | |
Containing "maxim": Vickers-Maxim automatic machine gun, Vickers-Maxim gun. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
maxim | 15,889 | salton maxim.com | 86 |
maxim magazine | 9,659 | maxim shania | 82 |
maxim online | 1,197 | maxim for man | 78 |
100 hot maxim | 483 | maxim man magazine | 72 |
aguilera christina maxim | 379 | the maxim group | 69 |
mary maxim | 293 | aguilera christina maxim picture | 68 |
maxim shania twain | 284 | maxim lighting | 68 |
maxim uk | 246 | maxim picture | 65 |
maxim girl | 239 | boat maxim | 64 |
100 maxim top | 208 | 100 2003 hot maxim | 64 |
maxim magazine online | 181 | maxim magazine.com | 63 |
blender maxim | 160 | maxim magazine uk | 61 |
maxim magazine picture | 138 | maxim picture shania twain | 60 |
100 maxim | 125 | maxim pic shania twain | 58 |
aguilera christina maxim pic | 116 | aguilera christina maxim photo | 56 |
maxim health care | 115 | aguilera christina magazine maxim | 55 |
yamaha maxim | 107 | aguilera christina in maxim | 54 |
maxim pic | 98 | maxim integrated product | 51 |
color hair maxim | 93 | maxim model | 49 |
maxim semiconductor | 92 | jewel maxim | 49 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "maxim"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Maksimum (maximum), Vlerë Maksimale, Pikë Maksimumi, Parim (institute, law, outlines, principle, rule, tenet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مثل (act, adage, aphorism, appear, as, be a symbol for, be typical of, byword, case, depict, describe, example, exemplify, gnome, illustrate, illustration, instance, like, like this, perform, play, play act, portray, proverb, represent, saying, sculpt, show, stand before, stand for, such, such as, symbolize, typify), قول مأثور (adage, aphorism, byword, gnome, proverb, saw, saying), قول سائر, قاعدة مبدأ (fundament, principle, rule), حكمة (aphorism, discreetness, foresight, policy, proverb, prudence, sagacity, sapience, say, sobering, wholesomeness, wisdom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Максима, Афоризъм, 'ид Картечница. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 言 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Zásada (alkali, base, principle, rudder, tenet, theorem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zinspreuk (motto, proverb, slogan, watchword), spreuk (aphorism, proverb), sententie (adjudication, proverb, verdict). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sentenco (proverb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پند (Advice, Aphorism, Axiom, Moral, Motto, Precept, Rede), مثل (Adage, Example, Instance, Like, Parable, Porpoise, Proverb), قاعده کلی (Axiom), گفته اخلاقی (Byword), اصل (Element, Genuine, Germ, Inception, Mother, Motif, Paternity, Point, Principle, Provenance, Quintessence, Real, Root, Stem, Strain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | elämänohje (rule of life), ajatelma (aphorism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sentence. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spruch (adage, aphorism, jingle, judgment, medieval lyric poem, motto, proverb, quotation, quote, ruling, saw, saying, sentence, verdict), Grundsatz (axiom, Canon, dogma, policy, precept, principle, tenet, theorem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | "νωμικό, Απόφθεγμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ־של, ְמר", װת'ם. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Alapelv (principle), Aforizma (aphorism, gnome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | peribahasa (adage, byword, proverb, vernacularism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Motto (motto, watchword, witty remark), Massima (adage, motto, rule, saying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 金言 (wise saying), 諺 (proverb), 箴言 (proverb), マオリ族 (Macadam, macaroni, macaroni western, Macbeth, Machiavellism, macrame, macro, macrocosm, macroengineering, macrolens, macron, magazine, magazine rack, Maori, Maxell, maxi, maximum, McDonalds), 公理 (axiom, self-evident truth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マキシ , し"'" (advice, counsel, earthquake centre, epicenter, epicentre, proposal, proverb, solemn), き"'" (grave, sobersided, solemn, stern, wise saying, Yours Sincerely...), "うり (axiom, high-interest rate, large profits, luggage, portmanteau, public official, retail, self-evident truth, utility, wicker trunk), "とわざ (proverb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shenn-raa (adage, aphorism, cliche, proverb), raa keeayllagh (adage, aphorism), firrynys cadjin, firrinys (actuality, authenticity, devotion, devoutness, faithfulness, fidelity, sincerity, truth, unaffectedness, veracity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aximmay Maxilar (chap, jaw, maxillary), Máxima (adage, dictum, gnome, precept, proverb), sentença (award, byword, dictum, doom, judgement, judgment, proverb, sentence, verdict), Ditado (dictation, saw, saying), conceito (concept, conception, idea, imaginative, notion, odoriferous, odourless, opinion, proverb, reputation), Aforismo (aphorism, gnomic), adágio (adage, adagio, proverb). (various references) Maximã (dictum, gnome, saw, saying, sentence), Precept (advice, precept). (various references) Правило Поведения, Принцип, Афоризм, Сентенция. (various references) maksima (moral), sentencija (sentence, verdict). (various references) Máxima (saw). (various references) Sentens, Regel (bolt, fastener, fastening, general, latch, law, order, precept, principle, regulation, rule, stud), Grundsats (institute, principle, tenet). (various references) ข้อเขียนที่เป็นความจริง. (various references) Vecize (aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, dicta, dictum, epigram, gnome, motto, posy, sentence), Özlü Söz, Özdeyiş. (various references) Сентенція. (various references) châm ngôn $Maxim$ súng liên thanh macxim, cách ngôn (adage, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, saw, sawn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dicta, dictis, dicto, dictum, dictumque, oraculi, oraculo, oraculum. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "maxim": maxima, maximal, maximalist, maximalists, maximally, maximals, maximin, maximins, maximise, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximite, maximites, maximization, maximizations, maximize, maximized, maximizer, maximizers, maximizes, maximizing, maxims, maximum, maximums. (additional references) | |
Words containing "maxim": submaximal. (additional references) | |
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"Maxim" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: axim, axime, Maalim, Macimo, Maggsy, maimi, maix, makim, maksic, Maksimov, Malim, mapi, mauxi, maxa, maxam, Maxat, maxen, Maxet, maxey, maxia, maxie, maxif, maxil, maxime, maximi, maximo, Maximov, maxint, maxiom, maxit, maxium, maxix, Maxon, maxum, maxy, mexi, Mexome, Momim, moxi, moxxi, Mwalimu, mxxvi, mxxxi, Na'im, naxi, taxim. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "maxim" (pronounced ma"ksum) |
| 4 | -k s u m | buxom, irksome. |
| 3 | -s u m | adventuresome, awesome, Balsam, blossom, bothersome, burdensome, cataclysm, cumbersome, fearsome, flotsam, foursome, fulsome, gruesome, gypsum, handsome, hansom, loathsome, lonesome, meddlesome, nettlesome, opossum, possum, quarrelsome, ransom, threesome, tiresome, transom, troublesome, twosome, venturesome, wearisome, wholesome, winsome, worrisome. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-m-m-x" | |
-1 letter: imam, maim, maxi. | |
-2 letters: aim, ami, max, mim, mix. | |
-3 letters: ai, am, ax, ma, mi, mm, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-m-m-x" | |
+1 letter: maxima, maxims. | |
+2 letters: maximal, maximin, maximum, minimax. | |
+3 letters: maximals, maximins, maximise, maximite, maximize, maximums. | |
+4 letters: maximally, maximised, maximises, maximites, maximized, maximizer, maximizes, minimaxes. | |
+5 letters: amphimixes, amphimixis, maximalist, maximising, maximizers, maximizing, submaximal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 78 69 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -..- .. -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01111000 01101001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a x i m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0078 0069 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767907579 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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