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Extremum

noun
(pl. extrema, extremums)
1.
The point located farthest from the middle of something.  Synonyms: extreme, extreme point.
2.
The most extreme possible amount or value.  Synonym: peak.






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... vivendum, as Hermolaus told Alexander in [2191]Curtius, worse than death is bondage: [2192]hoc animo scito omnes fortes, ut mortem servituti anteponant, All brave men at arms (Tully holds) are so affected. [2193]Equidem ego is sum, qui servitutem extremum omnium malorum esse arbitror: I am he (saith Boterus) that account servitude the extremity of misery. And what calamity do they endure, that live with those hard taskmasters, in gold mines (like those 30,000 [2194]Indian slaves at Potosi, in Peru), tin-mines, ...
— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior



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