Minimal 和 minimum 确实都有 最小的 的意思，但它们在使用上有一些区别： 1. Minimal pair可以存在于各种层面上。而phonemic contrast仅指构成意义对立的两个音。 语音学： [lan] vs [nan]在四川方言中并不能区别意义，但是在语音特征上，它就是minimal pair，而target就是音节起. As djeneba pointed out, a connotation between both adjectives could be that `minimal´ tends to mean `very small, the least possible (sometimes in a negative way), whereas `minimum´.
Door handle Minimal Catalogue M&T
