English-French translations for minimum

• minimum
  Un minimum qui comporte encore des exceptions n'est pas un minimum. A minimum with exceptions is not a minimum.
  L'objectif de 20 % est contraignant et est un minimum. The 20% target is binding and a minimum.
  Une réduction de 20 % est le minimum! A 20% reduction is the minimum!

Definition of minimum

• The lowest limit
• The smallest amount
• A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star
• A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set
• To the lowest degree

Examples

• We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.
• We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time.
• He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
• Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 oclock
• The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth

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