Minimum

See also Minimum

English

Etymology

From Latin minimus (“‘least, smallest’”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular Minimum

Plural {{{1}}}

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1. The lowest limit.
2. The smallest amount.

   He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.

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. Template:Statistics The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

Usage notes

• Minima is more common plural for the technical senses.

Antonyms

• maximum

Hypernyms

• (statistics): measure of location

Derived terms

terms derived from minimum

bare minimum Maunder minimum

minimum wage moral minimum

Related terms

• minimize

Translations

lowest limit

Chinese: 最小 (zui xiao, zui4 xiao3), 極小值 (zuixiaozhi, zui4xiao3zhi2) Czech: minimum cs(cs) n. Esperanto: minimumo eo(eo) Finnish: minimi fi(fi) French: minimum fr(fr) German: Minimum de(de) n. Italian: minimo it(it) m.

Japanese: 最小 (saishou), 最低 (saitei), 極小 (kyokushou) Latin: minimum la(la) Romanian: minimum ro(ro) Russian: минимум ru(ru) (mínimum) m. Swedish: minimum sv(sv) n. Telugu: కనిష్టం (kanishTaM) Vietnamese: tối thiểu vi(vi)

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Czech

Noun

Minimum n.

1. minimum

Antonyms

• maximum

Related terms

• minimalismus
• minimalista
• minimalizace
• minimalizovat
• minimální

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mi.ni.mɔm/, X-SAMPA: /mi.ni.mOm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Homophones: minimums

Noun

Minimum m. (plural Minimums or minima)

1. minimum

Usage notes

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

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Swedish

Noun

Template:Sv-noun-n-zero minimum

1. minimum

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