Usually means: Choosing the maximum of minimums.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. maximin: Merriam-Webster
  2. maximin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. maximin: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Maximin, maximin: Wordnik
  5. maximin: Wiktionary
  6. maximin: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. maximin: Dictionary.com
  8. Maximin (decision theory), Maximin (disambiguation), Maximin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Maximin: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  10. maximin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. maximin: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Maximin (decision theory), maximin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (maximin)

noun:  (decision theory, game theory) A rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.
verb:  To employ a maximin algorithm.

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