minimum

From Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnɪməm/

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minimum (plural minima or minimums)

1. 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 time.

2. The smallest amount.

   He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.

   Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock

3. (astronomy) 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.

4. (mathematical analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
5. (statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

• Minima is more common plural for the technical senses.

• maximum

• (statistics): measure of location
• extremum

• minimal
• minimize, minimise

minimum (not comparable)

1. To the lowest degree.

• minimal

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪɲɪmum]

minimum n

1. minimum

   Antonym: maximum

• See minus
• minimalismus
• minimalista
• minimalizace
• minimalizovat
• minimální

• minimum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• minimum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Latin minimum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.niˌmʏm/
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum

minimum n (plural minima)

1. minimum

• bestaansminimum
• minimumleeftijd
• minimumloon

• IPA^(key): /mi.ni.mɔm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Homophone: minimums

minimum m (plural minima)

1. minimum

• The 1990 spelling reform recommends that the plural of minimum should be minimums.

• minimum syndical

• “minimum” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

minimum

1. accusative masculine singular of minimus
2. nominative neuter singular of minimus
3. accusative neuter singular of minimus
4. vocative neuter singular of minimus

• minimum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• minimum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

From Latin minimum

minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minima or minimumer, definite plural minimaene or minimuma or minimumene)

1. minimum

• maksimum

• minimumskrav

• “minimum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin minimum

minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minimum, definite plural minimuma)

1. minimum

• maksimum

• minimumskrav

• “minimum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /mǐnimum/
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum

mìnimum m (Cyrillic spelling мѝнимум)

1. minimum

minimum n

1. minimum