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minimoimaan

Minimoimaan is a Finnish verb meaning to minimize or reduce something to the smallest possible amount. It is derived from the loanword minimoida, itself from the English minimize. The noun form minimointi denotes the act or process of minimization and is used in technical and academic writing to name the process.

In Finnish, minimoimaan is the -maan/-mään infinitive form of minimoida, used in constructions that express purpose

Fields and usage: In computing and software, minimoidaan resurssien käyttö; in business, kustannukset minimoidaan; in mathematics

Relationship to broader concepts: minimoimaan is part of Finnish terminology for optimization and efficiency. It is

or
future
action,
and
in
clauses
with
auxiliary
verbs.
Examples:
“Tavoitteena
on
minimoimaan
kustannukset”
(The
aim
is
to
minimize
costs)
and
“ohjelma
on
suunniteltu
minimoimaan
muistinkäyttöä”
(the
program
is
designed
to
minimize
memory
usage).
The
imperative
form
is
minimoi,
often
used
in
user
instructions.
and
statistics,
the
verb
appears
in
descriptions
of
minimization
tasks,
while
the
noun
minimointi
denotes
the
process
of
finding
a
minimum
of
a
function
or
loss
measure.
The
term
is
common
in
technical
writing
and
project
documentation.
used
alongside
minimointi
to
describe
both
the
action
and
the
process,
and
appears
in
academic,
engineering,
economics,
and
data
science
contexts.
The
concept
is
closely
related
to
optimization
and
mathematical
minimization,
where
researchers
speak
of
finding
minimum
values
of
functions
or
objectives.