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GREATEST
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highest in quality
Synonyms:
greatest; sterling; superlative
Classified under:
Similar:
superior (of high or superior quality or performance)
Context examples:
Impedance is greatest in fat tissue, which contains only 10-20% water, while lean body mass, which contains 70-75% water, allows the signal to pass much more easily.
(Bioelectric Impedance Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
His name is Pietro Venucci, from Naples, and he is one of the greatest cut-throats in London.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Climofibrate has its greatest effect in reducing VLDL-triglyceride levels.
(Clinofibrate, NCI Thesaurus)
Imipenem has the greatest affinity for PBP 1A, 1B, and 2, and its lethal effect is related to binding to PBP 2 and 1B.
(Imipenem, NCI Thesaurus)
Indicates the greatest number of characters permissible in a value.
(Maximum Length Number, NCI Thesaurus)
If more than one value occurs with the same greatest frequency, each value is a mode.
(Mode, NCI Thesaurus)
The study of the human diet in Palaeolithic times is currently among the research areas generating the greatest advances in knowledge.
(Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet finds that, in the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social divisions in food consumption, University of Granada)
This level has the greatest amount of cross-communication currently known.
(MAPKinase Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
It has greatest application in the identification and monitoring of monoclonal proteins that are produced in conditions like Waldenstom's macroglobulinaemia and multiple myeloma.
(Immunofixation, NCI Thesaurus)
The greatest value in a range of expected results for a particular laboratory test in standard units.
(Laboratory Test Reference Range Upper Limit Standard Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
