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Min·im

Minim

n.
  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, equal to one four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161 milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British measure).
  3. A small fish; a minnow. (Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
  4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.]
  5. One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola. (Eccl. Hist.)
  6. A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets. (Mus.)
  7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.]

Minim

a.
  1. Minute.