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Minimum

adjective

The least possible. Synonym: minimal. "Her grades were minimal" , "Minimum wage" , "A minimal charge for the service"

noun

(pl. minima)

The smallest possible quantity. Synonym: lower limit.

The point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right.

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"Minimum" Quotes from Famous Books

... must be noticed that in the case of a singular proposition there is only one mode of contradiction possible. Since the quantity of such a proposition is at the minimum, the contrary and contradictory are necessarily merged into one. There is no way of denying the proposition 'This house is haunted,' save by maintaining the proposition which differs from it only in quality, namely, 'This house ...

— Deductive Logic • St. George Stock

... little to add in this new edition except to reinforce what was not strong enough. In the present jumping market to revise the prices quoted would be absurd, but it may be noted that, as in the prices of 'cowers, the minimum prices are still about correct, but the maximum prices have jumped almost out of sight. Every year there are more and more very wealthy people who will pay nearly any price for the very best. The world seems to be dividing into those who have to count their pennies and those who ...

— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall

... Catullo, Malest, me hercule, et est laboriose, Et magis magis in dies et horas. Quem tu, quod minimum facillimumquest, Qua solatus es adlocutione? 5 Irascor tibi. sic meos amores? Paulum quid lubet ...

— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus • Caius Valerius Catullus

... to the cities and city life means crowded conditions, lack of outdoor exercises, vitiated atmosphere, and a minimum of sunshine and of the other elements that go to perfecting and keeping up ...

— Keeping Fit All the Way • Walter Camp

... and uncertain the scale which depends on a point so remote and undetermined as the precise time when the world was created. If we examine the chronometers of different writers we shall find a difference, between the maximum and the minimum, of 3368 years. The Saxon chronology seems to be founded on that of Eusebius, which approaches the medium ...

— The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle • Unknown

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