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Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Minim

· Min·im · IPA /ˈmɪ.nɪm/
01 n. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
  1. 1.
    Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
  2. 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. 3.
    A small fish; a minnow.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
  4. 4.
    A little man or being; a dwarf.[Obs.]
  5. 5.
    One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.(Eccl. Hist.)
  6. 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. 7.
    A short poetical encomium.[Obs.]
02 a. Minute.
  1. 1.
    Minute.