Minimum

(noun.) the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right.

(noun.) the smallest possible quantity.

吉米编辑

• The ovens are highly insulated with a thick packing of best grade mineral wool, which reduces air leakage to a minimum and retains the heat generated for a long period. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Artificial reservoirs are usually constructed on the near outskirts of a town in order that the frictional force lost in transmission may be reduced to a minimum. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• This is to reduce to a minimum the sound of the balls dropping on and rolling down the bed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• General Ord will leave behind the minimum number of cavalry necessary for picket duty, in the absence of the main army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Now that a reliable formula is at hand a quantity of this Wonder Liniment can be prepared at a minimum cost without paying for bottles, labels, advertising, salaries, rents, etc. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It is self-evident that an ideal kiln would be one that produced the maximum quantity of thoroughly clinkered material with a minimum amount of fuel, labor, and investment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This means a minimum of friction, therefore the least wear on the machine and the least exertion on the part of the operator. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But I've got to keep enough people here for the bare minimum necessary to carry the orders out. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Work was therefore pushed with great vigor on the defences, to enable the minimum number of troops to hold the fort. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Kindly write upon it I am perfectly willing to act as business manager to the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited, at a minimum salary of L500. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• But when you are engaged in scientific investigation, you try to reduce the spontaneous in life to a minimum. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This seems to carry with it, as a necessary corollary, the establishment of some minimum standard of education for everyone. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The later construction has been designed for a minimum speed of twenty-five knots an hour, with a possible attainment of thirty knots or over, under favorable conditions. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He reasoned that the advantages thus obtained would be fourfold: a minimum of machinery and parts; greater compactness; a saving of power; and greater economy in mining. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In unskilled forms of labor, the intellectual factors are at minimum precisely because the habits involved are not of a high grade. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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