Definitions for minimumˈmɪn ə məm


Random House Webster's College Dictionary

min•i•mumˈmɪn ə məm(n.; adj.)(pl.)-mums, -ma

  1. (n.)the least amount possible, allowable, or the like.

  2. the lowest amount, value, or degree attained or recorded.

  3. Math. 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. the point at which a minimum occurs.

  4. (adj.)of or being a minimum.

Origin of minimum:

1655–65; < L, neut. of minimus smallest, least. See minor

Princeton's WordNet

  1. minimum, lower limit(noun)

    the smallest possible quantity

  2. minimum(adj)


  3. minimal, minimum(adj)

    the least possible


Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. minimum(adjective)ˈmɪn ə məm

    being a minimum

    the minimum rate/fee/charge; the minimum amount of work possible


  1. minimum(Noun)

    The lowest limit.

  2. minimum(Noun)

    The smallest amount.

  3. minimum(Noun)

    A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

  4. minimum(Noun)

    The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

  5. Origin: From minimus

Webster Dictionary

  1. Minimum(noun)

    the least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum

Translations for minimum

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary


smallest or lowest (possible, obtained, recorded etc)

the minimum temperature last night.

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