minim
the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Abbreviation: min, min.; Symbol: ♍, ♏
Music. a note, formerly the shortest in use, but now equivalent in time value to one half of a semibreve; half note.
the least quantity of anything.
something very small or insignificant.
(initial capital letter) a member of a mendicant religious order founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
smallest.
very small.
Origin of minim
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How to use minim in a sentence
At such an hour as this Malone wasted no minim of strength in futile anger.
Destiny | Charles Neville BuckDr. Jones from a small case vial dropped a single minim into a teaspoon and wiped it off upon her tongue.
Doctor Jones' Picnic | S. E. ChapmanThe dose was severe—yet she seemed healthy enough to stand a three-minim injection.
The Green Rust | Edgar WallaceIn such a case, the third minim adds nothing to the duration of the bar, as some conductors seem to imagine.
The Orchestral Conductor | Hector BerliozIt is to be given in ten to twenty minim doses, largely diluted.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
British Dictionary definitions for minim
/ (ˈmɪnɪm) /
a unit of fluid measure equal to one sixtieth of a drachm. It is approximately equal to one drop: Symbol: M, ♏
music a note having the time value of half a semibreve: Usual US and Canadian name: half-note
a small or insignificant person or thing
a downward stroke in calligraphy
rare very small; tiny
Origin of minim
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