Definition of: minimum

(min′ə·məm) adjective
Consisting of or showing the least possible amount or degree; being a minimum.
—noun plural ·ma (-mə) or ·mums
1. The least possible quantity, amount, or degree.
2. A value of a function that is less than any value which immediately precedes and follows it.
3. The lowest degree, variation, etc., as of temperature, recorded. [<L, neut. of minimus. Doublet of MINIM.]
—min′i·mal adjective