Dictionary Entry
minimum
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/Word FrequencyCommon (5.47)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)The lowest limit.
In a Sentence
“We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time.”
Published Usage Examples
“There are some misconceptions about the use of the term minimum unit pricing...”
“As a measure that everyone could recognize, clinicians and researchers used the minimum amount of drug needed to kill bacteria, expressed as milligrams of drug per liter of blood, which they called the minimum inhibitory concentration, or MIC for short.”
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Origin
Latin, from 'minimus' meaning smallest.
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