minorant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French minorant, present participle of minorer (“to diminish”), from Latin minor. By surface analysis, minor +‎ -ant.

Noun

minorant (plural minorants)

1. (mathematics) A function, all of whose values are not greater than the corresponding values of another function.

   Coordinate term: majorant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.nɔ.ʁɑ̃/

Participle

minorant

1. present participle of minorer

Noun

minorant m (plural minorants)

1. (mathematics) lower bound

   Coordinate term: majorant

Further reading

• “minorant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

minōrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of minōrō