different between manimal vs maximal

English

Etymology

Blend of man +? animal

Pronunciation

Noun

manimal (plural manimals)

1. (informal) A fanciful life form that is part human and part beast; a creature recognizable as human but possessing physical or primitive behavioral characteristics that are exclusive to animals.
   • 2004 January 1, Christopher Miles, “Kori Newkirk; the project”, Artforum International Magazine

     Standing naked against a wintry landscape, the figure became a screen for the projection of identities--beast, bigfoot, manimal, specter, even, to use a word Newkirk's work encourages one to use in all its dangerousness, spook.

   • 2006 February 1, Paul Z. Myers, Pharyngula, ScienceBlogs

     President panders to anti-manimal lobby! Dr Moreau flees country in rage!

   • 2006 February 4, Charlie Pierce, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, National Public Radio

     Two years ago we were going to Mars, and that sort of didn't happen...and now there's, like, manimal.

2. (slang, by analogy) A person compared to such a creature, especially an unkempt and uncivilized, or strong and sexually aggressive man.
   • 2004 January 1, Michael Burnett, “Tumyeto army”, Thrasher, High Speed Productions, Inc.

     Layton smacked his head hard on a front feeble, but bounced back up to get the make. That kid's a manimal.

     "Oh, he's so on the team," Diego kept saying.

Synonyms

• (individual): macho man; see also Thesaurus:hypermasculine man

Anagrams

• mailman

English

Etymology

maximum +? -al

Adjective

maximal

1. Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.

Abbreviations

• max.

Synonyms

• maximum (adj)

Antonyms

• minimal

Derived terms

• halfmaximal
• submaximal
• supermaximal

Translations

Noun

maximal (plural maximals)

1. (mathematics) The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
2. (mathematics) Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper).
3. (logic) Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula ?, the set contains either ? or ~?.

Synonyms

• maximum

References

• maximal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From maximum +? -al.

Adjective

maximal (feminine singular maximale, masculine plural maximaux, feminine plural maximales)

1. maximal

Related terms

• maximum
• max
• maxi

Further reading

• “maximal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

maximal (not comparable)

1. maximal

Declension

Antonyms

• minimal

Further reading

• “maximal” in Duden online

Interlingua

Adjective

maximal (not comparable)

1. maximal

Romanian

Etymology

From French maximal

Adjective

maximal m or n (feminine singular maximal?, masculine plural maximali, feminine and neuter plural maximale)

1. maximal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

maximal (plural maximales)

1. maximal

Swedish

Adjective

maximal (comparative maximalare, superlative maximalast)

1. maximal; as large as possible

Declension

Antonyms

• minimal