ultraminimal en · ADJ
Etymology
From ultra- + minimal.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Very minimal.
In particular, the transition from the dominant protective association to the ultraminimal state, which involves prohibiting some private exercises of the right to enforce one’s rights, is justified by an argument concerning the legitimacy of prohibiting certain kinds of risky activities.
1982, Social and Political Philosophy, University of Minnesota Press, pages 121-122:John Farrell’s ultraminimal sets left practically everything to the imagination.
2009 September 12, Steve Smith, “Mid-19th-Century Tale With Oedipal Plot Twist”, in New York Times:The action of each force is considered under several headings; light, for example, being considered as to its chemical action, its effect on the general functions of the organism and its action in controlling the locomotion (phototaxis); and the text is illustrated by numerous well-chosen figures as well as by several tables of which there may be especially mentioned No. XVIII., which gives the nature of the response to light of the various forms which have been experimented upon in this connection; No. XIX., which gives the ultramaximum temperature for numerous organisms; No. XX., which similarly gives the ultraminimal temperatures, and No. XXI., which is a list of species found in Hot Springs with the conditions under which they occur.
1897, J. P. McMurrich, Science, C. Templeman, page 924: