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minim
  1. (music) 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.
  5. (zoology) 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.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “He was apparently engaged in making sure that not one minim of this most costly liquor was wasted.”
      “So there are soap-stars out there who know how many beats a minim has, and that D Minor is the relative minor of F Major!”
      “The minim should not be confused with the drop, as they are not equivalent.”
minimometer
  1. (very rare) A graduated (usually glass) tube used to measure out a minim of liquid.
minims
  1. plural of minim
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The next major change was the advent of lower-value coins in the form of silver minims, struck or cast bronze, or cast potin.”
      “Evaporate by a water bath to a proper consistence, adding oil of chamomile, 15 minims at the end of the process.”
      “The maximum dose of croton oil is two minims, one-fourth of that quantity being usually ample.”
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