maximum vs second-rate

maximum

adj
  • To the highest degree. 

noun
  • A scoring shot for 6 runs. 

  • The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function. 

  • A 147 break; the highest possible break. 

  • A score of 180 with three darts. 

  • The highest limit. 

  • An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set. 

  • The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution. 

second-rate

adj
  • Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen. 

  • Of mediocre quality; not first-rate. 

noun
  • A second-rate ship of the line. 

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