minimizations

/M IH1 N AH0 M AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.

  2. 2

    The process of finding the minimum value of a function.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/minimization, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/minimizations