/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 ]