absolute minimum

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. the smallest value a given function assumes on a specified set.

---

Example Sentences

For the past 40 years, we’ve always kept our eye on the future — saving, keeping debt to an absolute minimum and sacrificing the “life” part of work-life balance.

From MarketWatch

“It’s definitely an absolute minimum,” Thompson said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"At that time, the pitch didn't have to be a fixed width as long as it was above a certain minimum. So I made it the absolute minimum," Souness told FourFourTwo.

From BBC

"That would seem to be the absolute minimum that they should be doing," he said.

From BBC

In a video on social media, the mayor of the Spanish capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, told residents to "keep their movements to an absolute minimum and, if at all possible, to remain where they are. We want to keep all roads clear."

From BBC