1. plural of minimum; the smallest or lowest amounts, values, or degrees
Usage: mathematics; formal

Examples

• The graph shows several local minima where the function reaches its lowest values.
• Scientists identified the minima in temperature readings throughout the winter.
• The algorithm searches for global minima in the optimization problem.
• These data points represent the minima observed during the experiment.
• The function has three distinct minima across the given interval.
• Researchers compared the minima from different trial runs.