minima

variants or minimums
Definition of minimanext
plural of minimum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for minima
Noun
  • What are the shadows doing, coming off the ridges of those canyons?
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Riachi leaned into its shadows, installing panelling and perforated screens in American walnut, a timber chosen for its rich, timeless quality.
    Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The particles that make up these dark nebulae are of a finite size, and that size is extremely good at absorbing visible light.
    Big Think, Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Although extremely rare, a condition called rhabdomyolysis can occur when your kidneys are overwhelmed with particles from muscle breakdown and can cause permanent kidney damage.
    Brad Stulberg, Outside, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • White, chalky corrosion or rust streaks here are classic indicators.
    Jenna Prestininzi, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The Blue Devils also have had 10- and 11-game winning streaks this season.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Shards of glass cut into my palms and shins, while the wind hurled sharp granules of ice into my face, harbingers of a storm that was already approaching from the west.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Granular Pre-Emergent Herbicide Application Fill a lawn spreader with the pre-emergent granules and set the spreader to the product label instructions per square footage.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Kerr said Moody was getting X-rays at the arena.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • After the game, Kerr told reporters Moody would have X-rays on his left knee.
    SportsDay Staff, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The application required users to scan or take photos of their ID cards and take pictures of themselves by connecting dots using head or eye movements, which failed to provide equal access, the DOJ wrote.
    Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice, 26 Mar. 2026
  • How many purple dots are in this image, really?
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Many of its songs crystallize around samples of choirs singing, their soft syllables dissolving beneath heavy shrouds of reverb.
    Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
  • With her original, breathy way of speaking, stressing odd syllables and stretching random vowels to the breaking point, her mad fashions and family of wigs, Moira is a sketch character with depth.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • These differ in how its molecules organize and bond.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
  • To prevent the genetic material from disassembling too quickly, vaccine developers enclose the mRNA in a specialized mix of tiny fatty molecules called lipid nanoparticles.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Minima.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minima. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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