minima

noun

1. 1

   The lowest limit.

   “We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time.”

2. 2

   The smallest amount.

   “He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.”

3. 3

   A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

   “The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth.”

4. 4

   A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

5. 5

   The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.