Dictionary - Definition of MINIMA


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A modicum.[Eve - graph theoretic]
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"Minima" is a common misspelling or typo for: minimal, minims, miniMAP, minimas.

Date "Minima" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references)

Common Expressions: MINIMA

Expressions	Definition
Arnoseris minima	Small European herb with small yellow flowers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Limnocryptes minima	A small short-billed Old World snipe. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Maxima and minima	Function f if there exists some ε > 0 such that f(x) ≥ f(x) for all x with \|x-x\| < ε. Stated less formally, a local maximum is a point where the function takes on its largest value among all points in the immediate vicinity. On a graph of a function, its local maxima will look like the tops of hills. (references)
Minima Moralia	Theodor Adorno's Minima Moralia, an important text of Critical Theory, was written during World War II, while the author lived as an exile in America. The book takes its title from Magna Moralia, Aristotle's classic work of ethics. As Adorno writes in the introduction, the "sorrowful knowledge" (a pun on Nietzsche's "The Joyful Knowledge") with which the book is concerned is "the teaching of the good life", a central theme of both the Greek and Hebrew sources of Western philosophy. Today, Adorno maintains, a good, honest life is no longer possible, because we live in an inhuman society. "Life does not live", declares the book's opening epigram. Adorno illustrates this in a series of short reflections and aphorisms into which the book is broken, moving from everyday experiences to disturbing insights on general tendencies of late industrial society. Topics considered include the subversive nature of toys, the desolation of the family, the ungenuineness of being genuine, the decay of conversation, the rise of occultism, and the history of tact. Adorno shows how the smallest changes in everyday behavior stands in relation to the most catastrophic events of the twentieth century. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: MINIMA

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Aerodrome meteorological minima	Transportation	Limiting meteorological conditions prescribed for the purpose of determining the usability of an aerodrome, either for the take-off or landing of aircraft. Source: European Union. (references)
Aerodrome operating minima	Transportation	The limits of usability of an aerodrome for either take-off or landing, usually expressed in terms of visibility or runway visual range, decision height and cloud conditions. Source: European Union. (references)
Circling minima	Technology	See LANDING MINIMUMS. (references)
Conduction-band minima	Electrical Engineering	Conjugate system of points, each representing a conduction band minimum within a Brillouin zone, arising as a result of the three-dimensional symmetry of crystals, making wave interference in various directions equivalent to one another if the crystal situation is equivalent. Source: European Union. (references)
Minima paena corporalis est major qualibet pecuniaria.	Law	The smallest bodily punishment is greater than any pecuniary one. 2 Inst. 220. (references)
Separation minima	Technology	The minimum longitudinal, lateral, or vertical distances by which aircraft are spaced through the application of air traffic control procedures. See SEPARATION. (references)
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Topics by Level of Interest: MINIMA
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Maxima and minima	13	Aiphanes minima	5
Minima Moralia	10	Beddomeia minima	5
Pogona minima	9	Cercospora minima	6
Lycaenopsis minima	6	Freziera minima	4
Cercospora minima	6	Halenia minima	4
Reduced Vertical Separation Minima	5	Knema minima	4
Minima Moralia (Adorno book)	5	Lycaenopsis minima	6
Medicago minima	5	Maxima and minima	13
Beddomeia minima	5	Medicago minima	5
Aiphanes minima	5	Minima Moralia	10
Stormsia minima	5	Minima Moralia (Adorno book)	5
Halenia minima	4	Nectandra minima	4
Paludinella minima	4	Paludinella minima	4
Wettinia minima	4	Pogona minima	9
Rana minima	4	Pouteria minima	4
Freziera minima	4	Rana minima	4
Nectandra minima	4	Reduced Vertical Separation Minima	5
Pouteria minima	4	Stormsia minima	5
Xenorhina minima	4	Wettinia minima	4
Knema minima	4	Xenorhina minima	4
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Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya	سُفْلَى (minima, minimum, minimums, nether), أَصْغَر (minimum, minima, minimal, minimums). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha	سُفْلَى (minima, minimum, minimums, nether), أَصْغَر (minimum, minima, minimal, minimums). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic	سُفْلَى (minima, minimum, minimums, nether), أَصْغَر (minimum, minima, minimal, minimums). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian	nejmenší množství (minimum, least, minima). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina	nejmenší množství (minimum, least, minima). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified	最小 (Min, least, minima, minimum, smallest), 极值 (extreme value, maxima and minima, extreme mean, extremum). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional	極值 (extreme value, maxima and minima). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Corse	mìnimu (floor, minimum, inferior, subordinate, lower), fundamentu (foundation, base, basis, radix, frame), basa (base, basis, foundation, radix, frame). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsi	mìnimu (floor, minimum, inferior, subordinate, lower), fundamentu (foundation, base, basis, radix, frame), basa (base, basis, foundation, radix, frame). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsican	mìnimu (floor, minimum, inferior, subordinate, lower), fundamentu (foundation, base, basis, radix, frame), basa (base, basis, foundation, radix, frame). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Corso	mìnimu (floor, minimum, inferior, subordinate, lower), fundamentu (foundation, base, basis, radix, frame), basa (base, basis, foundation, radix, frame). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Corsu	mìnimu (floor, minimum, inferior, subordinate, lower), fundamentu (foundation, base, basis, radix, frame), basa (base, basis, foundation, radix, frame). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech	nejmenší množství (minimum, least, minima). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Eesti	minimum (minima). Additional references: Eesti, Estonia, Finland, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Estonian	minimum (minima). Additional references: Estonian, Estonia, Finland, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Français	minimum (minimum, modicum, irreducibly, Min, least). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
French	minimum (minimum, modicum, irreducibly, Min, least). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew	מִינִימוּם (minima, minimum), הכמות הקטנה ביותר (minima). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic	سُفْلَى (minima, minimum, minimums, nether), أَصْغَر (minimum, minima, minimal, minimums). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit	מִינִימוּם (minima, minimum), הכמות הקטנה ביותר (minima). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	ローカルミニマ (local minima), 極値 (extreme, extremum, Maxima and minima). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish	minima (minima). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch	minima (minima). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski	minima (minima). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian	минимум (minimum, minimums, inferior limit, minima, minimas). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration)	minimum (minimum, minimums, inferior limit, minima, minimas). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki	минимум (minimum, minimums, inferior limit, minima, minimas). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration)	minimum (minimum, minimums, inferior limit, minima, minimas). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	mínimum (minima), mínimos (minima, minimal, minimum, minimums). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, minima. (volunteer & more translations)
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Language	Translations for “minima” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	mathaginathagimathaga (minima). Additional references: Athag, minima. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	maginagimaga (minima). Additional references: Double Dutch, minima. (volunteer)
Leet	\|\/\|1//1\|\/\|@ (minima). Additional references: Leet, minima. (volunteer)
Oppish	mopinopimopa (minima). Additional references: Oppish, minima. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	inimamay (minima). Additional references: Pig Latin, minima. (volunteer)
Terran B	minimum (minima, minimus). Additional references: Terran B, minima. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	mubinubimuba (minima). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, minima. (volunteer)
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Definition: MINIMA

Common Expressions: MINIMA

Specialty Expressions: MINIMA

Topics by Level of Interest: MINIMA

Translations: MINIMA

Constructed Language Translations: MINIMA