"minimization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: minimizations [plural]
Etymology: minimize + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|minimize|ation}} minimize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} minimization (countable and uncountable, plural minimizations)
  1. The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent): мініміза́цыя (minimizácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), minimalizace [feminine] (Czech), minimaliseren (Dutch), minimointi (Finnish), Minimierung [feminine] (German), ελαχιστοποίηση (elachistopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), íoslaghdú [masculine] (Irish), íoslaghdúchán [masculine] (Irish), minimalizacja [feminine] (Polish), минимиза́ция (minimizácija) [feminine] (Russian), minimización [feminine] (Spanish), minimering (Swedish), мініміза́ція (minimizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-minimization-en-noun-xCQCWAeZ Disambiguation of 'act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent': 97 1 2
  2. (psychology) The tendency to present events as trivial or unimportant; trivialization Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-minimization-en-noun-jUvlYyUs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 60 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 15 53 32 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  3. (mathematics) The process of finding the minimum value of a function. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (process of finding the minimum value of a function): minimointi (Finnish), ελαχιστοποίηση (elachistopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), íoslaghdú [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-minimization-en-noun-DrI2o8VW Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'process of finding the minimum value of a function': 2 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: maximization, minimalization

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