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mini·mum (-məm)

noun pl. minimums -·mums or minima -·ma (-mə)

  1. the smallest quantity, number, or degree possible or permissible
  2. the lowest degree or point (of a varying quantity, as temperature) reached or recorded; lowest limit of variation
  3. Math. the smallest of a specified set of real numbers

Etymology: L, neut. of minimus, least, superl. < base of minor, minor

adjective

  1. smallest possible, permissible, or reached
  2. of, marking, or setting a minimum or minimums

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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