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minim.

A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɪ.nɪm/
  1. A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

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

  3. A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.

  4. Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.

    the minims of existence
  5. The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.

  6. A little man or being; a dwarf.

  7. A small fish; a minnow.

  8. A short poetical encomium.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French minime.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.