minimization

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English minimize

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English minimization

From minimize + -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ɪ.maɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ɪ.mɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˈmɪn.ə.mɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ɪ.mɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ɪˌmɑɪˈzæɪʃən/

Noun

minimization (countable and uncountable, plural minimizations)

1. The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.

   companies should engage in risk minimization

2. (psychology) The tendency to present events as trivial or unimportant; trivialization

   the minimization of racial experiences by peers

3. (mathematics) The process of finding the minimum value of a function.

Derived terms

• subminimization

Translations

act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent

• Belarusian: мініміза́цыя f (minimizácyja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最小化 (zh) (zuìxiǎohuà)

• Czech: minimalizace f
• Dutch: minimaliseren (nl)
• Finnish: minimointi (fi)
• German: Minimierung f
• Greek: ελαχιστοποίηση (el) f (elachistopoíisi)
• Irish: íoslaghdú m, íoslaghdúchán m
• Japanese: 最小化 (さいしょうか, saishōka)
• Kazakh: барынша азайту (barınša azaytuw)
• Korean: 최소화(最小化) (choesohwa)
• Polish: minimalizacja (pl) f
• Russian: минимиза́ция (ru) f (minimizácija)
• Spanish: minimización (es) f
• Swedish: minimering
• Ukrainian: мініміза́ція f (minimizácija)

trivialization — see trivialization

process of finding the minimum value of a function

• Finnish: minimointi (fi)
• Greek: ελαχιστοποίηση (el) f (elachistopoíisi)
• Irish: íoslaghdú m

See also

• maximization
• minimalization