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minimisation

minimisation is the alternative spelling of minimization.

Meaning of minimization

Noun

minimization (countable and uncountable, plural minimizations)

  1. The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.
    • companies should engage in risk minimization
  2. The tendency to present events as trivial or unimportant; trivialization
    • the minimization of racial experiences by peers
  3. The process of finding the minimum value of a function.

Forms of minimisation

pluralminimisations

Questions about minimisation

What is minimisation the alternative spelling of?
Minimisation is the alternative spelling of minimization.

Words near minimisation in the dictionary

  1. minimikes
  2. minimill
  3. minimills
  4. minimin
  5. minimisable
  6. minimisation
  7. minimisations
  8. minimise
  9. minimised
  10. minimiser
  11. minimisers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: minimisation (page history and authors); minimization (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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