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minim
[min-uhm]
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.
adjective
smallest.
very small.
minim
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
M.a unit of fluid measure equal to one sixtieth of a drachm. It is approximately equal to one drop
Usual US and Canadian name: half-note.music a note having the time value of half a semibreve
a small or insignificant person or thing
a downward stroke in calligraphy
adjective
rarevery small; tiny
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of minim1
Example Sentences
The relation a lived life bears to the black marks on the page is more akin to the way musicians turn minims and crotchets into the sublime craziness, of, say, Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge.
I vaguely wondered how I might annotate it on a musical stave – a run of semiquavers, a minim’s pause, and triplets: presto agitato!
The patrol says the minim age for operating a motorcycle in North Dakota is 14.
For this purpose one may use leaf lard, cold cream, or vaseline, to each ounce of which it is well to add a few minims of carbolic acid.
He, according to "Wegeler's Notizen," gives it with a minim—I with a crotchet; but neither of these can, to my mind, be made to suit the character of the movement.
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