maximum size

collocation in English

meaningsofmaximumandsize

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maximum
adjective
uk
/ˈmæk.sɪ.məm/
us
/ˈmæk.sə.məm/
being the largest amount or number allowed ...
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size
noun
uk
/saɪz/
us
/saɪz/
how large or small something or ...
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(Definition ofmaximumandsizefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Blocks are permitted to grow to a certainmaximumsize, after which they become full.
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We thus, arbitrarily decided that themaximumsizeof the simulated clusters would be of the order of 10 gametocytes.
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However, a restriction on themaximumsizeof a cell is not unrealistic biologically, since in reality cells do not increase in size ad infinitum.
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The land law, for example, sets no upper limits on themaximumsizeof landholdings.
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Consequently, formaximumsizefamilies inequalities (2) and (3) must hold with equality.
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Other control parameters include the probabilities of performing the genetic operations, themaximumsizefor programs, and other details of the run.
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The first acted on themaximumsizeof alleles.
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Themaximumsizeof object that could be held in the hand is only limited by the hand's size (medium adult's size).
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But themaximumsizeof hydraulic shovels slowly increased.
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The initial individuals are usually generated subject to a preestablishedmaximumsize(specified by the user as a minor parameter in the fourth preparatory step).
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We consider also themaximumsizeof a face and the maximum increase in the number of components on deleting a vertex.
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The same motors have amaximumsizeof 21, 44.5, 49.5, 60, 62.7, 67.7, 70, 111.2, 144, 177.3 mm, respectively.
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Themaximumsizeof the focus groups was 10 residents.
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More precisely,maximumsizewas observed at a higher temperature in warm-adapted populations.
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Themaximumsizeof the matrix is around 900 x 50.
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At t = 0.1725, the dimple has attainedmaximumsize.
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What can we say about themaximumsizeof a k -uniform family where every pair of distinct sets are close?
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For, although the typicalmaximumsizeof a cavity in water is only of the order of a centimetre, the cavity may collapse with great violence and generate high pressures.
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