Found 2 items, similar to Minim.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: minim minim n 1: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters 2: a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram 3: a musical note having the time value of half a whole note [syn: half note]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Minim Minim \Min"im\, a. Minute. “Minim forms.” --J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster] Minim \Min"im\, n. [F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See Minor, and cf. Minimum.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets. [1913 Webster] 7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]