Sekirov Dictionary

minimal

UK /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/US /ˈmɪn.ə.məl/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 3

adjective4

•
The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
- With minimal effort, you won't be able to achieve all your dreams.
•
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.
Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

noun1

•
Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.
- […] 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

forms

minimals · more minimal · most minimal

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