MINIMUMS Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

minima

noun

variants or minimums

plural of minimum

as in minims

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Noun

These games are also lighter in terms of ray-tracing demands, running on the first versions of the technology, which were widely toggleable and focused on more realistic reflections and shadows.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
The autumn sun is drifting southward and the angle of shadows is shifting.

— Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of shadows

Noun

Those products are made with tiny particles that are more likely to be inhaled or absorbed by marine organisms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
For example, when a credit card is fragmented into particles some 10 microns in diameter, there is a more than 200-fold increase in its surface area, says Wei Min, a chemist at Columbia University and one of the senior authors of the study.

— Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of particles

Noun

The foamy pink water spread across Halifax Harbor; some stayed near the surface and some sank, painting streaks across the water.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Social media posts at the time showed streaks of fiery debris falling from the sky, heading north over Kansas toward Minnesota.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of streaks

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One recent class even featured an artist who taught participants how to paint with coffee granules.

— Beret Leone, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Sand-like granules collecting in gutters, curling or missing shingles, brittle or cracking shingles, sagging sections and indoor leaks or ceiling stains are the standard indicators that a roof is failing.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of granules

Noun

For many years people believed that light was made out of particles flying in straight rays.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Finally, the wind seemed to permanently lie down, though storm clouds still haunted the horizon, forcing the sunset to squeeze beneath them, its rays condensed into a lurid, painterly slash.

— Heidi Julavits, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of rays

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Other times, Horton acknowledged a Mamukelashvili three by using just his last name, experimenting with which of the many syllables to emphasize.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Solfege is a music-teaching method that uses syllables to represent notes on a musical scale.

— Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

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In 1999 a group led by Austrian physicist Anton Zeilinger confirmed that fullerenes, large molecules consisting of 60 carbon atoms, behave just the same.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Under alkaline conditions, splitting water molecules takes over 100 times longer than in acidic environments.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of molecules

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