Term: minimization: the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: herpes simplex 2: a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: fire and brimstone: (Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: callosotomy: severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: face angle: the angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: evening-snow: small California annual with white flowers
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: cryolite: a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: bulb: a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: burrito: a flour tortilla folded around a filling
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: reptile family: a family of reptiles
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: karen: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands