getMaxScaleOnAxis() {

		const te = this.elements;

		const scaleXSq = te[ 0 ] * te[ 0 ] + te[ 1 ] * te[ 1 ] + te[ 2 ] * te[ 2 ];
		const scaleYSq = te[ 4 ] * te[ 4 ] + te[ 5 ] * te[ 5 ] + te[ 6 ] * te[ 6 ];
		const scaleZSq = te[ 8 ] * te[ 8 ] + te[ 9 ] * te[ 9 ] + te[ 10 ] * te[ 10 ];

		return Math.sqrt( Math.max( scaleXSq, scaleYSq, scaleZSq ) );

	}
Gets the maximum scale value of the three axes.

@return {number} The maximum scale.