minimum
adjEtymology Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).
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To the lowest degree.
- Derived terms
- minimum wage
minimum
nounUK /ˈmɪnɪməm/ · US /ˈmɪnəməm/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).
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The lowest limit.
- We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.
- We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all times.
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The smallest amount.
- He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
- Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
1 more example
- Realism might be the hardest aesthetic to do well. The performances have to be genuinely moving and the setting vividly evoked; bonkers twists must be kept to a minimum.2021 April 16, Judy Berman, “Kate Winslet's Mare of Easttown Is the Rare Crime Drama That Cares About Its Characters”, in Time:
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Astronomy, Natural sciences A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
- The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth.
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Mathematical analysis, Mathematics, Sciences A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
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Mathematics, Sciences, Statistics The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
- Antonyms
- maximum
- Derived terms
28 terms
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- measure of location, extremum
- Hyponyms
- bare minimum, Dalton Minimum, global minimum, local minimum, Maunder minimum, moral minimum, solar minimum, Spörer Minimum