Verb (used with object), : to look for ways of maximizing profit. ,He maximized his importance in the program, minimizing the contributions of the other participants. ,Maximize your time by planning ahead. From Dictionary.com.
After that I'll know whether I can have it in moderation or maximation. From Wordnik.com. [Haircut and chocolate] Reference
Few realize that the "noble" cause for which 2,080 Americans have lost their lives is nothing but maximation of profits -- a war for global financial and military industrial domination. From Wordnik.com. [Bobcats in Brave, New World] Reference
However, while the maximation of the contrast between these two series of stops would make phonetic distinctions acoustically clearer, it also breeds other imbalances in the system that would need to be corrected over time. From Wordnik.com. [Winter's Law in Balto-Slavic, "Hybrid Theory" and phonation - Part 2] Reference
In conclusion, the man-machine idea may be said at present to occupy a strategic and fateful position at the confluence of several disciplines and traditions: in neurophysiology and psychology it is above all a fecund empirical hypothesis of indefinite promise to research; in philosophy, it is a speculative option in the attempt to resolve the body-mind problem; in technology, it expresses the demiurgic goal of master - ing our environment by the mechanical maximation of our limited powers; and as a theme in sociology and the imaginative arts, it most often conveys the malaise of dehumanization in modern culture, and conjures up fantasies that put in doubt the survival of man's authentic self. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
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