minimum
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See also: Minimum
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnɪməm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnəməm/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: min‧i‧mum
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
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- alternative minimum tax
- at a minimum
- at minimum
- at the minimum
- bare minimum Monday
- 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
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]lowest limit
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Adjective
[edit]minimum (not comparable)
- To the lowest degree.
- Synonym: minimal
Derived terms
[edit]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]- “minimum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “minimum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “minimum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]minimum n (singular definite minimummet, plural indefinite minimummer)
Declension
[edit]Declension of minimum
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | minimum | minimummet | minimummer | minimummerne |
genitive | minimums | minimummets | minimummers | minimummernes |
Antonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “minimum” in Den Danske Ordbog
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]Descendants
[edit]- Persian: مینیمم (minimom)
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]- “minimum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- minimum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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]Learned borrowing from Latin minimum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɲi.mum/, (colloquial) /miˈɲi.mum/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iɲimum, -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]- minimum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- minimum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]minimum n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | minimum | minimumul |
genitive-dative | minimum | minimumului |
vocative | minimumule |
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mìnimum m (Cyrillic spelling мѝнимум)
Declension
[edit]Declension of minimum
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
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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