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  • adjective Alternative spelling of nonminimal.

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non- +‎ minimal

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Examples

  • Perhaps this is a hidden force behind the non-minimal State: more issues to decide means that there are more chances that a given person will win on one.

    Ballots Are Better than Bullets, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The models appear to be equivalent to each other and to N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory coupled to a non-minimal conformal supergravity [4].

    Are Changes Brewing and How Does the Mind Fit In? 2008

  • One possibility is that TelCo is using delay discrimination, either minimal or non-minimal, with the goal of causing this problem.

    Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives 2006

  • As the experimental constraints get tighter and rule out various simple possibilities (e.g. mSUGRA), people are forced into more complicated things like non-minimal SUSY models.

    String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

  • The minimal state will become a non-minimal state soon after its establishment.

    The Austrian Economists: 2007

  • In the non-minimal Bohm theory [18], the behavior of an N-particle system is determined by its wave function and the intrinsic properties of the particles.

    Action at a Distance in Quantum Mechanics Berkovitz, Joseph 2007

  • But, in contrast to the minimal theory, in the non-minimal theory spins are intrinsic properties of particles.

    Action at a Distance in Quantum Mechanics Berkovitz, Joseph 2007

  • A minimal system should be more metabolically efficient than a non-minimal.

    Ode to the Flagellum - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • There are lots of examples of this phenomenon - that string theory is able to "guide you" in finding many non-trivial and non-minimal mathematical structures and theoretical frameworks that share some features with the "cool and simple ideas" that you might invent after a few minutes but, unlike the cheap and fast ideas, these non-minimal ideas work.

    The Reference Frame 2010

  • On the other hand, string theory exactly tells what kind of non-minimal extensions of these ideas you should pursue in order to have a chance that your theory won't be instantly ruled out.

    The Reference Frame 2010

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