An assignment strategy, similar in intention to stratification, that ensures excellent balance between intervention groups for specified prognostic factors. The next participant is assigned to whichever group would minimize the imbalance between groups on specified prognostic factors. Minimization is an acceptable alternative to random assignment ( Table 3).

The process of reducing the complexity of a Boolean expression.

the process used to minimize the number of boolean operators needed to implement a boolean function.

Making something seem less than it really is, holding back some of the facts, convincing yourself it is not that serious. ("Ron minimized the sexual abuse on his step-daughter by saying he touched her breasts fewer times than he actually did.")

the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position

Measures or techniques that reduce the amount of wastes generated during industrial production processes; this term also is applied to recycling and other efforts to reduce the volume of waste going to landfills. This term is interchangeable with waste reduction and waste minimization.

Minimization involves measures developed during the planning phase of a project to reduce proposed impacts to a resource. Minimization measures could include alignment shifts, a commitment to off season construction, replacement of land or facilities, restoration or landscaping, or payment of fair market value for impacted lands.

A comprehensive program to minimize or eliminate wastes, usually applied to wastes at their point of origin. (See: waste minimization.)

perceiving an event in a lesser light than it deserves.

When a markup element is defined without a closing tag it is said to be minimized. While this makes parsing the resulting markup language more difficult, it makes coding markup tags a lot easier for authors.

The installation of the minimal operating system that is necessary to run the server. Any software that does not directly relate to the operation of the server is either not installed, or deleted after the installation.

The act or process of minimizing.