Usually means: Least amount necessary; very small.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word minimal:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. minimal: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. minimal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. minimal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. minimal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. minimal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Minimal, minimal: Wordnik
  7. minimal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. minimal: Wiktionary
  9. minimal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. minimal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. minimal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. minimal: Dictionary.com
  13. minimal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Minimal (song), Minimal (supermarket), Minimal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. minimal: Rhymezone
  16. minimal, minimal, minimal(e) (-aux): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. minimal: Free Dictionary
  18. minimal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. minimal: Dictionary/thesaurus
  20. minimal: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. minimal: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. minimal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  4. minimal: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mathematical Programming (No longer online)
  2. -minimal, minimal, minimal: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Minimal: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
adjective:  (mathematics, technical) Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).
adjective:  (art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
adjective:  (music) Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.
noun:  Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.

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