Definitions for extrema

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extrema ex·tre·ma

Spelling: [ik-stree-muh]

IPA: /ɪkˈstri mə/

Extrema is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in extrema (aeemrtx).

Definitions for extrema

noun

1. Mathematics. plural of extremum.
2. a maximum or minimum value of a function in a specified neighborhood.

Origin of extrema

1900-05; New Latin, noun use of neuter of Latin extrēmus extreme

Examples for extrema

Tum extrema pars eius inferioribus acu assuenda est; nam nodus vulnus laedit, nisi tamen longe est (V. xxvi).

extrema ibi omnia passus, nihil tamen inhumanum magis, qum Hreticos, expertus est.

extrema gaudii luctus occupat—Grief treads on the confines of gladness.