MINIM


Meaning of MINIM in English

/min"euhm/ , n.

1. the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1 / 60 of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Abbr.: min, min.;

2. Music. a note, formerly the shortest in use, but now equivalent in time value to one half of a semibreve; half note. See illus. under note .

3. the least quantity of anything.

4. something very small or insignificant.

5. ( cap. ) a member of a mendicant religious order founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.

adj.

6. smallest.

7. very small.

[ 1400-50; late ME minimus; as musical term, nota ) minima; see MINIMUM ]

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