minimum — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

1. The lowest limit.

   Exemples

   We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.

   We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all times.

2. The smallest amount.

   Exemples

   He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.

   Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   Realism might be the hardest aesthetic to do well. The performances have to be genuinely moving and the setting vividly evoked; bonkers twists must be kept to a minimum.

3. A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

   Exemples

   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.

Adjectif

1. To the lowest degree.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonymes

   minimal

Adjectif

1. the least possible

   Synonymes

   minimal

   Antonymes

   maximum

   Exemples

   needed to enforce minimal standards

   her grades were minimal

   Plus d’exemples (2)

   minimum wage

   a minimal charge for the service

Nom

1. the smallest possible quantity

   Synonymes

   lower limit

   Antonymes

   maximum

   Termes génériques

   extremumpeaksmall indefinite quantitysmall indefinite amount

2. the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right

   Antonymes

   maximum

   Termes génériques

   limit