Minimum

Noun

 * 1) The lowest limit.
 * We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.
 * We need a minimum of 3 fully-qualified staff members on duty at all time.
 * 1) The smallest amount.
 * He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
 * Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
 * 1)  A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
 * 2)  A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
 * 3)  The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
 * 1)  The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

Antonyms

 * maximum

Hypernyms

 * measure of location

Derived terms

 * bare minimum
 * global minimum
 * local minimum


 * Maunder minimum
 * minimum wage
 * moral minimum

Related terms

 * minimize

Adjectives for Minimum
irreducible; unimportant; smallest.

Thesaurus
ace, adequacy, adequate, adequate supply, adequateness, ample, atom, bare minimum, bare sufficiency, barely sufficient, bit, commensurate, competence, competency, competent, corresponding, dab, decent, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, due, dwarf, enough, equal to, exact measure, farthing, few, fit, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gobbet, good, good enough, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, iota, jot, just enough, least, little, little bit, littlest, lota, lowest, margin, minim, minimal, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nadir, nominal, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pittance, plenty, plenty good enough, point, proportionate, reduced, right amount, satisfaction, satisfactoriness, satisfactory, satisfactory amount, scruple, shortest, slightest, smallest, smidgen, smitch, speck, spoonful, spot, substantial, sufficiency, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficientness, sufficing, suitable, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, up to, whit

Etymology
From minimus:

Translations

 * Chinese: 最小 (zui xiao, zui4 xiao3), 極小值 (zuixiaozhi, zui4xiao3zhi2)
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 * Japanese: 最小 (saishou), 最低 (saitei), 極小 (kyokushou)


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 * Telugu: కనిష్టం (kanishTaM)
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: minum

Noun

 * 1) minimum

Antonyms

 * maximum

Related terms

 * minimalismus
 * minimalista
 * minimalizace
 * minimalizovat
 * minimální

Noun

 * 1) minimum

Noun

 * 1) minimum

Noun

 * 1) minimum

Noun

 * 1) minimum