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minima

minima is the plural of minimum.

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.

See all 6 meanings of minimum

Synonyms of minima

Origin of minima

Learned borrowing from Latin minima, nominative neuter plural form of minimus (“least, smallest”).

Phrases with minima

Questions about minima

What is minima the plural of?
Minima is the plural of minimum.

Words near minima in the dictionary

  1. minilocus
  2. minim
  3. minim confusion
  4. minim rest
  5. minim rests
  6. minima
  7. minima naturalia
  8. minimainframe
  9. minimainframes
  10. minimajor
  11. minimajors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minima (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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