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nounthe smallest possible quantity
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"minimum wage"adjectivethe least possibleOpposite:
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nounthe point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the rightOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains minimum
- call a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
- economic using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
- sector the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
- failing failure to reach a minimum required performance
- margin an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- flunk failure to reach a minimum required performance
- economical using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
- generic wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.)
- node (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
- steerageway (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered