Minimum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Minimum	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minimum adj the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service" Synonym(s): minimal, minimum Antonym(s): maximal, maximum n the smallest possible quantity [syn: minimum, {lower limit}] Antonym(s): maximum, upper limit the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right Antonym(s): maximum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Minimum \Min"imum\, 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}. {Minimum* thermometer}, a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since its last adjustment.