ALL meanings of minimum
min·i·mum
M m - noun minimum The least or smallest amount or quantity possible, attainable, or required. 1
- noun plural minimum the least quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, or the like. 1
- noun plural minimum the lowest speed permitted on a highway. 1
- noun plural minimum the lowest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded. 1
- noun plural minimum 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. 1
- noun plural minimum Mathematics. Also called relative minimum, local 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. 1
- adjective minimum noting or indicating a minimum. 1
- adjective minimum least possible: minimum risk. 1
- adjective minimum lowest: a minimum rate. 1
- adjective minimum pertaining to a minimum or minimums. 1
- noun minimum smallest amount 1
- adjective minimum least possible 1
- adjective minimum You use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required. 0
- adjective minimum Minimum is also a noun. 0
- adjective minimum You use minimum to state how small an amount is. 0
- adverb minimum If you say that something is a particular amount minimum, you mean that this is the smallest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a larger amount is acceptable or very possible. 0
- noun minimum the least possible amount, degree, or quantity 0
- noun minimum the least amount recorded, allowed, or reached 0
- noun minimum being the least possible, recorded, allowed, etc 0
- noun minimum a value of a function that is less than any neighbouring value 0
- adjective minimum of or relating to a minimum or minimums 0
- noun minimum the smallest quantity, number, or degree possible or permissible 0
- noun minimum the lowest degree or point (of a varying quantity, as temperature) reached or recorded; lowest limit of variation 0
- noun minimum the smallest of a specified set of real numbers 0
- adjective minimum smallest possible, permissible, or reached 0
- adjective minimum of, marking, or setting a minimum or minimums 0