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minim

[ min-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. : min, min.; : ♍, ♏
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.

minim

/ ˈmɪnɪm /

a unit of fluid measure equal to one sixtieth of a drachm. It is approximately equal to one drop M
music a note having the time value of half a semibreve Usual US and Canadian namehalf-note
a small or insignificant person or thing
a downward stroke in calligraphy

Origin of minim¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin, Latin minimus; as musical term, < Medieval Latin ( nota ) minima; minimum

Origin of minim¹

C15 (in its musical meaning): from Latin minimus smallest

At such an hour as this Malone wasted no minim of strength in futile anger.

Dr. Jones from a small case vial dropped a single minim into a teaspoon and wiped it off upon her tongue.

The dose was severe—yet she seemed healthy enough to stand a three-minim injection.

In such a case, the third minim adds nothing to the duration of the bar, as some conductors seem to imagine.

It is to be given in ten to twenty minim doses, largely diluted.

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