Maksimaalisten

Maksimaalisten is a Finnish adjective form. It is the genitive plural of maksimaalinen, meaning maximal or maximum. In Finnish, adjectives ending with -inen form their genitive plural with -isten, so maksimaalisten is used when the head noun is in the genitive plural or when the phrase requires a genitive construction.

As a grammatical form, maksimaalisten typically appears in noun phrases where the noun is in the genitive case. Examples include maksimaalisten arvojen rajat (“the limits of the maximal values”) and maksimaalisten rajojen puitteissa (“within the bounds of the maximal limits”). The word by itself is not a separate concept; it is the inflected form of maksimaalinen used to agree with its associated noun.

Etymology and usage notes: Maksimaalinen is a loanword adapted into Finnish from the word maximum, adapted with the Finnish -inen adjectival suffix. The genitive plural ending -isten is characteristic of adjectives in the -inen class when modifying a plural noun in the genitive. Hence, maksimaalisten is a routine inflection rather than a standalone lexical entry.

Related forms include maksimaalinen (masculine singular), maksimaaliset (nominative plural), and other inflected variants used across different cases and numbers. The term is most commonly encountered in technical, scientific, or mathematical Finnish where discussions refer to maximal values, limits, or extents.