"Es la distancia máxima."

Translation: It is the maximum distance.

[sieglug]

greatest distance is much more idiomatic and you marked that wrong

[galesl]

Happened to me too. Reported it 28 April 2014.

[whollyword]

Still being marked wrong 23 February 2018. Still reporting it.

[garmain]

As a nonnative speaker of English I am wondering whether maximal and maximum are usable interchangeably.

[rspreng]

This native English speaker, with decades of life and education, cannot think of a time he ever used 'maximal.' ;)

[maxcct]

technically in this sentence it should be 'maximal', but 'maximum' is almost always used in practice. cf also 'optimum conditions' v. 'optimal conditions' -- the former is incorrect, but is probably used more often

[TamarGil]

it also put maximal and it marked it wrong but i dont see why, i mean if it is a word it and it has the right meaning i dont see why it should be marked wrong even if people dont use if often. also i googled "maximal" bc im not a native english speaker and google agreed with me ;)

[boot2]

I think maximal should be accepted

[Lisagnipura]

I don't believe I have ever even heard the word "maximal".

[GuidoSassi]

Maximum was originally the noun with maximal for adjective and maximally for adverb. Modern English has surrendered to the misuse of the noun as adjective. The adverb remains safe. (Hey modern English people, please, kill the f**ing useless s in the third singular person)

[Benzy911]

I used "maximal" but it was marked wrong, 7/oct/2017.

[rollermama]

I am an englush speaker and have never used the word maximal

[boot2]

which does not mean it is not correct: maximal
ˈmaksɪm(ə)l/
adjective
adjective: maximal

<pre>of or constituting a maximum; as great or as large as possible. "the maximal speed" </pre>

[rollermama]

English sorry can not type well on my phone

[bdbarber]

Why is there not an accent on the first "a" in "distancia"? The speaker clearly is putting the stress on that syllable. Without an accent on the first "a," I thought the stress would be on the second "i." Am I wrong, or is the speaker pronouncing the word wrong?

[saragoetzinger]

In Spanish, when you have an "ia" or "io" pairing, they get blurred together into one quick syllable. The name "Emilio", for instance, is three syllables- EH-MIL-YO. I'm an English speaker and this pronunciation is sometimes still difficult for me.

[Alejandraav3]

You're right! But wrong for Emilio, it wouldnt be eh-miL-yo BUT eh-mi-Lio

[Jimpenny1]

Any english speaking mathematician will use maximal here. It absolutely should be accepted.

[sjepm]

The "greatest" distance means the same thing

[sjepm]

Maximim coukd also mean "the greatest" in this sentence

[JVz8d3mu]

maximo also means greatest which is what I wrote & got buzzed

[LadaMalek]

Since we are practicing adjectives here, the adjectival forms in English, i.e. maximal and minimal should be accepted.

[dusics95]

maximal must be marked correct, report please

[Sharon642296]

Four years ago someone correctly suggested "greatest distance"; I think that by now that should be added to the correct possibilities.

[JabirAhm]

"It is the farthest distance."