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minima

[min-uh-muh]

noun

  1. a plural of minimum.



minima

/ ˈmɪnɪmə /

noun

  1. a plural of minimum

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

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In momentum space, free electrons are found in the local minima and maxima of the energy landscape, namely at points where the conduction and valence bands meet.

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Our home star goes through periods called grand minima when there are few to no sunspots.

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Adding a period of low sun activity, known as grand solar minima, into the mix produced more dramatic effects.

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Evidence from ice cores suggests that, around this same time, the Sun was experiencing several “grand minima”—episodes of low magnetic activity.

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