minimum
    adj 1: the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal
           standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a
           minimal charge for the service" [syn: minimal,
           minimum] [ant: maximal, maximum]
    n 1: the smallest possible quantity [syn: minimum, lower
         limit] [ant: maximum, upper limit]
    2: the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative
       on the left to positive on the right [ant: maximum]

Minimum \Min"i*mum\, n.; pl. Minima. [L., fr. minimus. See
   Minim.]
   The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a
   given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed
   to maximum.
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   Minimum thermometer, a thermometer for recording the lowest
      temperature since its last adjustment.
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