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[min-uh-muh
m]
noun, plural -mums, -ma [-muh]
, adjective –noun
| 1. | the least quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, or the like. |
| 2. | the lowest speed permitted on a highway. |
| 3. | the lowest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded. |
| 4. | 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. |
| 5. | Mathematics.
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–adjective
| 6. | noting or indicating a minimum. |
| 7. | least possible: minimum risk. |
| 8. | lowest: a minimum rate. |
| 9. | pertaining to a minimum or minimums. |
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Minimum
Min"i*mum\, n.; pl. Minima. [L., fr. minimus. See Minim.] The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum. Minimum thermometer, a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since its last adjustment.
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Language Translation for : minimum
Spanish:
mínimo,
German:
Mindest-…,
Japanese:
最小限の
minimum
1663 (n.) "smallest portion into which matter is divisible," from L. minimum "smallest" (thing), neut. of minimus "smallest," superl. of minor "smaller" (see minor). The adj. is first attested 1810. Minimal "smallest, least" is from 1666. Minimalist first recorded 1907, originally an Anglicization of Menshevik (q.v.); in sense of "practitioner of minimal art" it is first recorded 1967; the term minimal art is from 1965. Minimize first recorded 1802 in Bentham.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1min·i·mum
Pronunciation: 'min-&-m&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural min·i·ma /-&-m&/ or min·i·mums
1 : the least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible
2 : the lowest degree oramount of variation (as of temperature) reached or recorded
Main Entry: 2minimum
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or constituting a minimum
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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| minimum (mĭn'ə-məm) Pronunciation Key
Plural minimums or minima
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