plural of minor

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of minorize

simple past tense and past participle of minorize

present participle of minorize

(mathematics) To be or become a lower bound

(mathematics) A minorization function.

plural of minorizer

not so large in size, not important or valuable

(US, federal politics) In each of the legislative chambers of the United States Congress—the United States Senate and the House of Representatives—the elected member selected by the members of the political party with the second-largest number of elected members, who serves as principal spokesperson for the members of that party in that chamber and who plays a leading role in creating policies and strategies governing his or her party's business in that chamber.

(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats / votes in parliament