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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French, from [[Latin]] extremus, superl. of exter, exterus being on the outside
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 16th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : existing in a very high [[degree]] <extreme [[poverty]]>
:b : going to great or exaggerated lengths : [[radical]] <went on an extreme diet>
:c : exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected <extreme weather conditions>
*2: archaic : last
*3: situated at the farthest possible point from a [[center]] <the country's extreme north>
*4a : most advanced or thoroughgoing <the extreme [[political]] left>
:b : maximum
*5a : of, relating to, or being an outdoor [[activity]] or a form of a sport (as skiing) that involves an unusually high [[degree]] of [[physical]] [[risk]] <extreme mountain biking down steep slopes>
:b : involved in an extreme sport <an extreme snowboarder>
==Description==
*In [[mathematics]], ''maxima'' and ''minima'', known [[collectively]] as '''extrema''' (singular: extremum), are the largest [[value]] (maximum) or smallest value (minimum), that a [[function]] takes in a point either within a given [[neighborhood]] (local extremum) or on the [[function]] [[domain]] in its entirety (global or [[absolute]] extremum). More generally, the maxima and minima of a set (as defined in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory set theory]) are the greatest and least [[values]] in the set. To locate extreme values is the basic objective of optimization.
*'''Extreme''' [[weather]] includes weather [[phenomena]] that are at the extremes of the historical distribution, especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_weather severe or unseasonal weather]. The most commonly used definition of extreme weather is based on an [[event]]'s climatological distribution. Extreme weather occurs only 5% or less of the time. According to [[climate]] scientists and meteorological [[researchers]], extreme weather [[events]] are rare.
*'''Extremism''' is a term used to describe the [[actions]] or [[ideologies]] of [[individuals]] or [[groups]] outside the [[perceived]] [[political]] [[center]] of a [[society]]; or otherwise claimed to violate common [[moral]] [[standards]]. In democratic societies, [[individuals]] or [[groups]] that [[advocate]] the replacement of [[democracy]] with a [[authoritarian]] [[regime]] are usually branded extremists, in authoritarian societies the [[opposite]] applies. The term is invariably, or almost invariably, used pejoratively. Extremism is usually contrasted with moderation, and extremists with moderates. (For example, in contemporary [[discussions]] in Western countries of [[Islam]], or of Islamic [[political]] [[movements]], it is common for there to be a heavy [[stress]] on the distinction between extremist and moderate Muslims. It is also not uncommon to necessarily define distinctions regarding extremist Christians as opposed to moderate Christians, as in countries such as the United States). [[Political]] [[agendas]] perceived as extremist often include those from the far left or far right as well as [[fundamentalism]] or, as a more general term, [[fanaticism]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French, from [[Latin]] extremus, superl. of exter, exterus being on the outside
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 16th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : existing in a very high [[degree]] <extreme [[poverty]]>
:b : going to great or exaggerated lengths : [[radical]] <went on an extreme diet>
:c : exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected <extreme weather conditions>
*2: archaic : last
*3: situated at the farthest possible point from a [[center]] <the country's extreme north>
*4a : most advanced or thoroughgoing <the extreme [[political]] left>
:b : maximum
*5a : of, relating to, or being an outdoor [[activity]] or a form of a sport (as skiing) that involves an unusually high [[degree]] of [[physical]] [[risk]] <extreme mountain biking down steep slopes>
:b : involved in an extreme sport <an extreme snowboarder>
==Description==
*In [[mathematics]], ''maxima'' and ''minima'', known [[collectively]] as '''extrema''' (singular: extremum), are the largest [[value]] (maximum) or smallest value (minimum), that a [[function]] takes in a point either within a given [[neighborhood]] (local extremum) or on the [[function]] [[domain]] in its entirety (global or [[absolute]] extremum). More generally, the maxima and minima of a set (as defined in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory set theory]) are the greatest and least [[values]] in the set. To locate extreme values is the basic objective of optimization.
*'''Extreme''' [[weather]] includes weather [[phenomena]] that are at the extremes of the historical distribution, especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_weather severe or unseasonal weather]. The most commonly used definition of extreme weather is based on an [[event]]'s climatological distribution. Extreme weather occurs only 5% or less of the time. According to [[climate]] scientists and meteorological [[researchers]], extreme weather [[events]] are rare.
*'''Extremism''' is a term used to describe the [[actions]] or [[ideologies]] of [[individuals]] or [[groups]] outside the [[perceived]] [[political]] [[center]] of a [[society]]; or otherwise claimed to violate common [[moral]] [[standards]]. In democratic societies, [[individuals]] or [[groups]] that [[advocate]] the replacement of [[democracy]] with a [[authoritarian]] [[regime]] are usually branded extremists, in authoritarian societies the [[opposite]] applies. The term is invariably, or almost invariably, used pejoratively. Extremism is usually contrasted with moderation, and extremists with moderates. (For example, in contemporary [[discussions]] in Western countries of [[Islam]], or of Islamic [[political]] [[movements]], it is common for there to be a heavy [[stress]] on the distinction between extremist and moderate Muslims. It is also not uncommon to necessarily define distinctions regarding extremist Christians as opposed to moderate Christians, as in countries such as the United States). [[Political]] [[agendas]] perceived as extremist often include those from the far left or far right as well as [[fundamentalism]] or, as a more general term, [[fanaticism]].
[[Category: General Reference]]