Maxima (music) notation for examples. The name for this note in European languages is derived from two of the three Latin names, either "maxima" or "larga". (On "larga" as a term, see , 30–31 : "Nomina vero ipsarum sunt haec, scilicet larga, longa, brevis, semibrevis et minima".) In modern theoretical contexts, it is occasionally called an octuple note (; ; ) or an octuple whole note . Maxima (music) A maxima, duplex longa, larga (in British usage: large), octuple note, octuple whole note, or octuple entire musical note was a musical note used commonly in thirteenth and fourteenth century music and occasionally
Value of time can be examined. For example, if a traveler has a choice between a coach which takes six hours and costs £10, or a train which takes four hours and costs £30, we can deduce that if the traveler chooses the train, their value of time is £10 per hour or more (because they are willing to spend "at least" £20 to save two hours' travel time). The difficulty in narrowing down the "actual" value of time from a pair of choices means that hypothetical situations are generally used (the stated preference technique) to deduce values of time. The value of