minimum — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The lowest limit.

   Esempi

   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.

   Esempi

   He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.

   Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock

   Altri esempi (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).

   Esempi

   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.

Aggettivo

1. To the lowest degree.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinonimi

   minimal

Aggettivo

1. the least possible

   Sinonimi

   minimal

   Contrari

   maximum

   Esempi

   needed to enforce minimal standards

   her grades were minimal

   Altri esempi (2)

   minimum wage

   a minimal charge for the service

Sostantivo

1. the smallest possible quantity

   Sinonimi

   lower limit

   Contrari

   maximum

   Termini più generali

   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

   Contrari

   maximum

   Termini più generali

   limit