is a member of

and of the field of

and does not have the relation

to any other member of

.

These definitions do not demand that the terms to which they are applied should be quantitative. For example, given a series of moments of time arranged by earlier and later, their "maximum" (if any) will be the last of the moments; but if they are arranged by later and earlier, their "maximum" (if any) will be the first of the moments.