maxima

From Latin maxima (“greatest”). Doublet of maxim.

maxima (plural maximæ or maximas)

1. (music) A music note equal to two (or sometimes three) longæ; in modern notation, this is typically equivalent to eight semibreves.

Due to the practices of prolation and mensuration in mediæval and Renaissance music, the precise length of a maxima varies widely, from as short as eight semibreves to as long as twenty-seven. In modern usage, where imperfect prolation is assumed in all cases, a maxima is taken to be worth eight semibreves. See the Wikipedia article on mensural notation for more information.

• larga
• duplex longa
• (American) octuple whole note

maxima

1. plural of maximum

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maxima

1. plural of maximum

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maxima

1. plural of maximum

maxima m

1. plural of maximum

maxima

1. inflection of maximus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

maximā

1. ablative feminine singular of maximus

• maxima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)