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語源

From minimum +‎ -al.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmɪn.ə.məl/

形容詞

minimal (comparative more minimal, superlative most minimal)

1. The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.

   Synonym: minimum

   Antonym: maximal

   With minimal effort, you won't be able to achieve all your dreams.

   1. (mathematics, technical) Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).

      With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the power set of the set of natural numbers has a unique minimal element: the empty set.

2. (art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
3. (music) Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

派生語

名詞

minimal (plural minimals)

1. Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.
   • 1994, David Holbrook, Creativity and Popular Culture, page 37:

     […] we seek in explaining mental phenomena and behavior always the "minimals," the little fragments of association, on which the mind is (passively) supposed to be based.

   • 1987, J. Golden Taylor, Western Literature Association (U.S.), A Literary History of the American West (page 451)

     […] identifications with birds, fish, trees, and flowers (and occasionally as relief, with the stillness of rocks, clam shells, driftwood, and nature's minimals); […]

参照

• minimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia