MINIMA

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WWF

M(3) I(1) N(1) I(1) M(3) A(1)

NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓

Definition

noun

The lowest limit.
“We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time.”
The smallest amount.
“He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.”
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.”
A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.