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What does "minim" mean?

Minim: The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Zoöl.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]
  2. 3.A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] Milton.
  3. 4.(Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
  4. 5.(Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
  5. 6.A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] Spenser.
  6. 7.Minute. "Minim forms." J. R. Drake.

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