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minimum
[ min-uh-muhm ]
noun
- the least quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, or the like.
- the lowest speed permitted on a highway.
- the lowest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded.
- an arbitrary amount set by a restaurant, nightclub, etc., as the least amount to be charged each person for food and drink. Compare cover charge.
- Mathematics.
- Also called relative minimum, the value of a function at a certain point in its domain, which is less than or equal to the values at all other points in the immediate vicinity of the point. Compare absolute minimum.
- the point in the domain at which a minimum occurs.
adjective
- noting or indicating a minimum.
- least possible:
minimum risk.
- lowest:
a minimum rate.
- pertaining to a minimum or minimums.
minimum
/ ˈmɪnɪməm /
noun
- the least possible amount, degree, or quantity
- the least amount recorded, allowed, or reached
the minimum in our temperature record this month was 50°
- modifier being the least possible, recorded, allowed, etc
minimum age
- maths a value of a function that is less than any neighbouring value
adjective
- of or relating to a minimum or minimums
minimum
/ mĭn′ə-məm /
, Plural minimums
- The lowest known or lowest possible number, measure, quantity, or degree.
- The lowest value of a mathematical function, if it has such a value.
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Origin of minimum1
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Example Sentences
He was treated like an immigrant, working for minimum wage, missing his family and having to move on from his musical career.
Remove the roast from the pan and let rest for a minimum of 15 minutes.
A gifted marketer, he sent samples of the hat to merchandisers all over the West, asking for a minimum order of a dozen.
To work at Rizzoli you had to be fluent in several languages: three was the minimum when I began.
As a result, the inexperienced can find themselves earning well below minimum wage, or abused by underhanded employers.
The minimum wage law ought to form, in one fashion or another, a part of the code of every community.
This can be done, as with the minimum wage, partly by positive legislation and partly collective action.
That'll give us sixteen dollars and eighty cents for haulin' a minimum car of twenty-four thousand.
It has as yet suffered no loss and is able to restrict its loss to a minimum by limiting the loan to a particular figure.
It has been proved by hydraulic tests that good bricklayers' work can be executed at the latter minimum.
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