- plural of minimum.
minima
Americannoun
noun
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The researchers are now planning a metagenomic study that extends the time series to cover periods of even more intense sea ice minima.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
"We found that even when bulk pyrite sulfur isotopes changed a lot between glacials and interglacials, the minima of our single grain pyrite distributions remained broadly constant," Bryant said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 24, 2023
Our home star goes through periods called grand minima when there are few to no sunspots.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023
She was able to get photos of the Perdita minima but not the hard-to-spot burrows she hoped to also find.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
Every one knows that the common kind always floats in the water; whereas this minima never grows where water is actually present, but where it has been dried up in consequence of hot weather.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von
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