Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Minima"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minimum \Min"i*mum\, n.; pl. {Minima}. [L., fr. minimus. See
{Minim}.]
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a
given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed
to {maximum}.
{Minimum thermometer}, a thermometer for recording the lowest
temperature since its last adjustment.
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