Definitions for: Minim

[n] a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
[n] a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram
[n] a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters

Webster (1913) Definition: Min"im, n. [F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a
superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See
Minor, and cf. Minimum.]
1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; --
applied to animalcula; and the like.

2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the
sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]

4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Milton.

5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits
of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of
Paola.

6. (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half
note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or
crotchets.

7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Min"im, a.
Minute. ``Minim forms.'' --J. R. Drake.

Synonyms: half note

See Also: British capacity unit, drachm, fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram, Imperial capacity unit, musical note, note, tone, United States liquid unit

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