Noun: lower limit
- The smallest possible quantity
"They set a lower limit on the number of participants";
- minimum
- The limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
"The lower limit of the coral reef was at a depth of 30 meters"
Derived forms: lower limits
Type of: demarcation, demarcation line, extremum, limit, peak, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Antonym: maximum
Encyclopedia: Lower limit