minimum or minumum adv.
neut. of minimus, very little, slightly : praemia apud me minimum valent: quam minimum credula postero, as little as possible , H.: non minimum Aetolorum operā fugati, i. e. mainly , L.
·noun The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of sma...
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