maximal

1. The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.

2. Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper).

3. Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula φ, the set contains either φ or ~φ.

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