minimum
See also: Minimum
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnɪməm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
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 time.
- The smallest amount.
- He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
- Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
- (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
- Minima is more common plural for the technical senses.
Antonyms
Hypernyms
- (statistics): measure of location
- extremum
Derived terms
terms derived from minimum
- bare minimum
- global minimum
- local minimum
Translations
lowest limit
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Adjective
minimum (not comparable)
- To the lowest degree.
Synonyms
Translations
lowest degree
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.niˌmʏm/
- Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ni.mɔm/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔm
- Homophone: minimums
Usage notes
- The 1990 spelling reform recommends that the plural of minimum should be minimums.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “minimum” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
minimum
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minima or minimumer, definite plural minimaene or minimuma or minimumene)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Antonyms
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mǐnimum/
- Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum
Swedish
Declension
Declension of minimum | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | minimum | minimumet | minimum | minimumen |
Genitive | minimums | minimumets | minimums | minimumens |
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