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minimal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɪn.ə.məl/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin minimus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minimumlbor. English minimum English -al English minimal From minimum + -al.

Meanings

  1. The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
    • With minimal effort, you won't be able to achieve all your dreams.
  2. The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree. ▸ Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).
    • With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the power set of the set of natural numbers has a unique minimal element: the empty set.
  3. Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
  4. Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
min. Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
more minimal Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most minimal Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

maximal · maximal

Deriveds

minimalisation · near-minimal pair · minimal viable product · non-minimal · minimal medium · minimalization · minimal surface · minimalist · nonminimal · minimal recursion semantics · subminimal · minimal ideal · minimally · minimal state · minimalness · minimal prime · minimal brain dysfunction · minimalism · minimal change disease · minimal polynomial · minimal wave · postminimal · ultraminimal · minimality · quasiminimal · minimalize · minimal pair

Synonyms

minimum · minimum

Translations (63)

it minimale (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · vo minumik (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · es mínimo (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · ru минималистичный (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · ca minimalista (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · tr en az (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · sk minimálny (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · sv minimalistisk (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · fi minimaalinen (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases) · kk ең аз (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · kk минималды (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · da minimal (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · tr en düşük (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · it minimo (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · pl minimalistyczny (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · sv minimal (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · ja 最小 (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · eo minimuma (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · fr minimum (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · cy minimol (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · ga íosta (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · bg най-малък (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · pt mínimos (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · nl minimalistische (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · es minimalista (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · pt minimalista (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · pt minimal (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · nl minimalistisch (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases) · ja 最低 (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · fr minimaliste (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · gl mínimo (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · de minimal (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · fi mahdollisimman pieni (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · hi न्यूनतम (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · hu minimális (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · hy նվազագույն (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · fr minimaliste (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases) · hy նվազապաշտ (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · kk ең төменгі (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · fi minimaalinen (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · ru минима́льный (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · ro minimal (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · es minimalista (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases) · pt mínimo (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · hy մինիմալիստ (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · uk мініма́льний (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · pl minimalny (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · hy մինիմալ (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · sk minimálna (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · ca mínim (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · ast mínimu (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · nl minimaal (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · fi pelkistetty (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · sk minimálne (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · pl minimalistyczny (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases) · fi minimaalinen (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures) · be мініма́льны (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · pt mínimas (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · bg минимален (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · pt mínima (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · ota قورو (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · tr asgari (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree) · cs minimální (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

minimal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɪn.ə.məl/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin minimus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minimumlbor. English minimum English -al English minimal From minimum + -al.

Meanings

  1. Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.
    • […] identifications with birds, fish, trees, and flowers (and occasionally as relief, with the stillness of rocks, clam shells, driftwood, and nature's minimals); […] 1987, J. Golden Taylor, Western Literature Association (U.S.), A Literary History of the American West (page 451)
    • […] we seek in explaining mental phenomena and behavior always the "minimals," the little fragments of association, on which the mind is (passively) supposed to be based. 1994, David Holbrook, Creativity and Popular Culture, page 37:

Forms

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minimals Number=Plur lexicographic
min. Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic