minimum
See also: Minimum
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪn.ə.məm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
minimum (plural minima or minimums)
- 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.
- The smallest amount.
- He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
- Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
- 2021 April 16, Judy Berman, “Kate Winslet's Mare of Easttown Is the Rare Crime Drama That Cares About Its Characters”, in Time[1]:
- 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.
- (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.
- (mathematical analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
- (statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
Usage notes edit
- Minima is more common plural for the technical senses.
Antonyms edit
Hypernyms edit
- (statistics): measure of location
- extremum
Derived terms edit
- at a minimum
- at minimum
- at the minimum
- bare minimum
- bare minimum Monday
- global minimum
- local minimum
- Maunder minimum
- minimum connecting time
- minimum contacts
- minimum cut
- minimum descent altitude
- minimum inhibitory concentration
- minimum minimorum
- minimum naturale
- minimum sector altitude
- minimum-security
- minimum security
- minimum seek time
- minimum skills
- minimum spanning tree
- minimum viable product
- minimum wage
- moral minimum
- solar minimum
Related terms edit
Translations edit
lowest limit
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Adjective edit
minimum (not comparable)
- To the lowest degree.
- Synonym: minimal
Translations edit
lowest degree
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Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minimum n
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- See minus
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minimum n (plural minima)
Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minimum m (plural minima)
Usage notes edit
- The 1990 spelling reform recommends that the plural of minimum should be minimums.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “minimum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Adjective edit
minimum
- accusative masculine singular of minimus
- nominative neuter singular of minimus
- accusative neuter singular of minimus
- vocative neuter singular of minimus
References edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minima or minimumer, definite plural minimaene or minimuma or minimumene)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “minimum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minimum, definite plural minimuma)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “minimum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɲi.mum/, (colloquial) /miˈɲi.mum/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -imum
- Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mum
Adverb edit
minimum (not comparable)
- at least
- Synonym: co najmniej
Noun edit
minimum n
Declension edit
Declension of minimum
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
minimum n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of minimum (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) minimum | minimumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) minimum | minimumului |
vocative | minimumule |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mìnimum m (Cyrillic spelling мѝнимум)
Declension edit
Declension of minimum
singular | plural | |
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nominative | minimum | minimumi |
genitive | minimuma | minimuma |
dative | minimumu | minimumima |
accusative | minimum | minimume |
vocative | minimume | minimumi |
locative | minimumu | minimumima |
instrumental | minimumom | minimumima |
Swedish edit
Noun edit
minimum n
Declension edit
Declension of minimum | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | minimum | minimumet | minimum | minimumen |
Genitive | minimums | minimumets | minimums | minimumens |