Maksimaalisia

Maksimaalisia is a Finnish adjective form meaning "maximal" or "maximum." It is the plural partitive form of maksimaalinen and is used to describe plural nouns in the partitive case.

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number, case, and definiteness. The partitive plural ending -ia appears with plural nouns in partitive or with expressions of partial quantity, so maksimaalisia appears in phrases like maksimaalisia arvoja or maksimaalisia pisteitä. Examples include maksimaalisia arvoja (maximal values), maksimaalisia pisteitä (maximal points), and maksimaalisia rajoja (maximal boundaries).

Maksimaalinen and its inflected forms are common in scientific, mathematical, and technical language, where upper bounds, extreme values, or optimal limits are discussed. The form maksimaalisia does not stand alone as a noun; it functions as an adjective in the plural partitive.

Etymology: maksimaalinen is formed from maksimi (maximum) with the Finnish suffix -aalinen, itself derived from the global word for maximum, with the adjective further inflected to fit plural partitive usage. Related forms include maksimaaliset (nominative plural), maksimaalisen (genitive singular), maksimaalisten (genitive plural), and maksimaalista (partitive singular).

See also: maksimi, maksimaalinen, Finnish adjective inflection, partitive case.