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Definition of Minim

1. Noun. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters.

2. Noun. A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram.

3. Noun. A musical note having the time value of half a whole note.

Definition of Minim

1. n. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.

2. a. Minute.

Definition of Minim

1. Noun. (music) A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem. ¹

2. Noun. A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 ?L or 0.9 grain (weight) of water. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Minim

1. a unit of liquid measure [n -S]

Medical Definition of Minim

1. 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. A small fish; a minnow. 4. A little man or being; a dwarf. 5. One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola. 6. 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. Origin: F. Minime, L. Minimus the least, smallest, a superl. Of minor: cf. It. Minima a note in music. See Minor, and cf. Minimum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minim

minikin minikins minikitchen minikitchens minilab minilabs minilamp minilamps minilecture minilectures

miniloan miniloans miniloci minilocus minim (current term) minim rest minim rests minima minimainframe minimainframes

minimajor minimajors minimal minimal-change disease minimal-change nephrotic syndrome minimal air minimal alveolar concentration minimal amplitude nystagmus minimal anaesthetic concentration

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