| 单词 | minimizer | 
| 释义 | minimizern. 1.   a.  A person who or thing which minimizes something. (Chiefly Theology in early use.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > 			[noun]		 > moderate > adherent minimizer1867 1867    Union Rev. 5 361  				Anglicans in 1866, see numbers of those who went over in the interval stigmatised as ‘minimisers’. 1874    J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 		(1876)	 321  				A few years ago it was the fashion among us to call writers, who conformed to this rule of the Church, by the name of ‘Minimizers’. 1880    R. F. Littledale Plain Reasons lxxxix. 162  				The two parties..are now called Maximizers and Minimizers; the Maximizers pushing the dogma of Infallibility to its furthest possible extent..; the Minimizers endeavouring to reduce within the narrowest limits so dangerous a proposition. 1888    Polit. Sci. Q. 3 387  				Among the numerous charges upon trusts..are the following..that they destroy competition, the great minimizer of profits and equalizer of profits. 1910    Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 18 710  				The London wool trade..acts as a minimizer of risks to the manufacturer. 1964    Language 40 81  				Zi- functions as a diminutive or minimizer of the action [of a verb]. 1987    N.Y. Times 		(Nexis)	 28 June  vi. 72  				The Barielle ritual includes a nail cream, hand cream, a nighttime moisturizer, a cuticle minimizer, [etc.]. 1994    New Scientist 21 May 34/1  				The world is full of minimisers:..engineers want to cut down the weight of aircraft, bees use as little wax as possible, [etc.]. 2000    Mirror 		(Electronic ed.)	 5 May  				The viewer is in control—they can turn off the ad or press a minimiser button to make it smaller.  b.  spec. A bra which reduces the apparent size of a woman's breasts. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > 			[noun]		 > brassière > types of bandeau1915 uplift bra1932 gay deceiver1942 falsies1943 balconette1947 Wonderbra1947 push-up1955 bralette1973 underwire1973 minimizer1980 T-back1981 1980    Washington Post 		(Nexis)	 10 July  d5  				These products, such as minimizers, demi-cups, push-ups, are available at discounters. 1991    Ottawa Citizen 		(Nexis)	 1 Aug.  b6 		(headline)	  				Minimizer may be answer for teen with large chest. 2000    Observer 		(Nexis)	 27 Aug. (Life Suppl.) 9  				I think it's terribly sad when women wear those minimiser bras because it means that they're not enjoying their femininity.  2.  Mathematics. A mathematical entity or algorithm which minimizes a function; the point at which a function has a minimum value. ΚΠ 1950    Math. Rev. 11 58/2  				An electric minimizer. 1954    Ann. Math. Statistics 25 409  				We apply the duality theorem of linear programming to find ϕ which..is a minimizer of maxjβj(ϕ). 1972    Jrnl. Optimization Theory & Applic. 10 57  				If F(x) is a positive-definite quadratic form, the global unconstrained minimizer will be found in n or fewer steps. 1996    Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 348 4502  				A solution X is said to be stable if it is a local minimizer of J. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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