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Definition of Minimisation
1. Noun. The act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position.
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Diminution, Reduction, Step-down
Specialized synonyms: Tax Avoidance
Derivative terms: Minimise, Minimise, Minimize, Minimize, Minimize
Antonyms: Maximization
Definition of Minimisation
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of minimization) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minimisation
Literary usage of Minimisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)
"Controls on storage and disposal of radioactive waste are provided in the 1991
Radiological Protection Act. Waste minimisation and disposal Waste disposal ..."
2. In the Paradise of the Sufis by Javād Nūrbakhsh (1979)
"4.2 The Program 4.2.1 minimisation Three methods for finding a minimum on the
potential energy surface were considered. The simplest is an iterative simplex ..."
3. Creating Wealth from Waste by Robin Murray (1999)
"The Chair of the Waste minimisation Group of the Environment Industries
Commission (EIC), in evidence to the House of Lords Committee, put it this way: I ..."
4. Environmentally Sustainable Buildings: Challenges and Policies by Takahiko Hasegawa (2003)
"On the basis of these discussions and depending on the scope of policy design,
three principal policy goals for waste minimisation in the building sector ..."
5. Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD Staff (1998)
"Waste minimisation and recycling A 1993 survey showed that kerbside recycling
was available to 8.7 million inhabitants, or 49 per cent of the population; ..."
6. Proceedings of the Workshop on Pyrochemical Separations: Avignon, France, 14 by European Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2001)
"Calculate adjoint function and compose Lagrangian of the measurements and
conditions, which should be respected during the minimisation. 4. ..."
7. Report of the Hundred and Seventeenth Round Table on Transport Economics by Ecmt, ECMT Staff, (Bruxelles) Economic Research Centre, SourceOECD (Online service), economics Round table on transport, Economic Research Centre (2001)
"In a cost minimisation exercise, the effects of the alternatives are not ...
In cost minimisation. not only the extent of the overall costs must be ..."
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