minimum

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 39.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The lowest limit.

   We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.

2. noun The smallest amount.

   He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.

3. noun 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. noun A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
5. noun The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
6. adjective To the lowest degree.

Similar words

minimal negligible stripped-down borderline tokenish token least nominal stripped marginal

Often followed by

of wage and number amount value requirements wages standards

Word family

minima minimums