# maximal and minimal elements

> elements of partially ordered sets such that there is not greater and smaller than each other element, respectively (but there can be incomparable elements)

**Wikidata**: [Q1475294](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1475294)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal_and_minimal_elements)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/maximal-and-minimal-elements


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)