| minimum | |
| 1. n. The lowest limit. | |
| 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 time. | |
| 2. n. The smallest amount. | |
| He always tries to get away with doing the minimum. | |
| Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock | |
| 3. n. (astronomy) A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star). | |
| The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth. | |
| 4. n. (analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set. | |
| 5. n. (statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution. | |
| 6. adj. To the lowest degree. | |
