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min.

min. is the abbreviation of minimal.

min. is the abbreviation of minimum.

min. is the abbreviation of minute.

Meaning of minimal

Noun

minimal (plural minimals)

  1. Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.
    • […] we seek in explaining mental phenomena and behavior always the "minimals," the little fragments of association, on which the mind is (passively) supposed to be based.1994, David Holbrook, Creativity and Popular Culture, page 37

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Meaning of minimum

Noun

minimum (plural minima or minimums)

  1. The lowest limit.
    • We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.
  2. The smallest amount.
    • He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
  3. 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. 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.

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Antonyms of min.

Forms of min.

pluralmins.

Questions about min.

What is min. the abbreviation of?
Min. is the abbreviation of minimal.

Words near min. in the dictionary

  1. Min-feng
  2. min-max
  3. min-maxed
  4. min-maxes
  5. min-maxing
  6. min.
  7. mina
  8. Minab
  9. minability
  10. minable
  11. minac

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Adapted from Wiktionary: min. (page history and authors); minimal (page history and authors); minimum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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