(adj) the least possible, Syn. minimum, Ant. maximum, maximal, Example:needed to enforce minimal standards; her grades were minimal; minimum wage; a minimal charge for the service
(n) an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color, Syn. minimal art, reductivism
(n) heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions