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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | minimum, minimal | The least possible |
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| NOUN | 1 | minimum, lower limit | The smallest possible quantity |
| 2 | minimum | The point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right |
| Sounds | mih'nahmahm |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, and 544 more rhymes in ahm at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The least possible. |
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| Examples | "minimum wage" |
| Synonyms | minimal |
| Similar | borderline, marginal; bottom, lowest; least, lowest, smallest; negligible; nominal, token, tokenish; stripped, stripped-down |
| Contrary | maximal, maximum |
| Meaning | The smallest possible quantity. |
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| Synonyms | lower limit |
| Narrower | skeleton |
| Broader | extremum, peak; small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
| Contrary | maximum, upper limit |
| Verbs | minimize, minimise; minimize, minimise; minimize |
| Meaning | The point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right. |
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| Broader | limit |
| Contrary | maximum |