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minimization - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun The act or process of minimizing; reduction to the lowest terms or proportions. Also spelled minimisation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun The act or process of minimizing.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent
noun mathematics The process of finding the minimum value of a function
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position
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Now, minimization is great, and as I say above, there are solid reasons why intelligence surveillance probably needs to shift some oversight and checks from the front-end to the back-end, relative to Title III criminal wiretapping.
Minimize Me! 2008
Error minimization is the subject; how good is the genetic code at minimizing some error function (cost, objective, or fitness function, or whatever ya wanna call it).
Chunkdz Comes Out Smokin 2008
Error minimization is a critical point in my view and fertile ground for future blogging.
Chunkdz Comes Out Smokin 2008
TOOBIN: There's a process called minimization that the cops are supposed to do.
CNN Transcript May 27, 2003 2003
That can lead them to frequently switch recording devices on and off, a process called "minimization ."
The Seattle Times 2011
That can lead them to frequently switch recording devices on and off, a process called "minimization ."
Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011
But raw transcripts would not necessarily have undergone such editing, called "minimization ."
NYT > Home Page By SCOTT SHANE 2011
That can lead them to frequently switch recording devices on and off, a process called "minimization ."
Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011
But raw transcripts would not necessarily have undergone such editing, called "minimization ."
NYT > Global Home By SCOTT SHANE 2011
But raw transcripts would not necessarily have undergone such editing, called "minimization ."
NYT > Home Page By SCOTT SHANE 2011
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