minimum

Meaning of minimum

noun
  1. The lowest limit.
    We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time.
  2. The smallest amount.
    He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
  3. 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.
  4. A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
  5. The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

adjective

To the lowest degree.

Information about minimum

Hyphenation of minimum

min-i-mum

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • minimum is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

minimum synonyms

Meaning minimal:

minimal

minimum antonyms

Meaning :

maximum

Translation of minimum

Words that rhyme with minimum

Ocimum, ocimum, infimum, similimum, simillimum, prominimum, subminimum, primum, quadrimum, Brosimum, Erysimum, erysimum, minutissimum, pessimum, legitimum, optimum, suboptimum, supraoptimum, ultimum, maximum, promaximum, proximum

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