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English Dictionary: minim	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minim n a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram a musical note having the time value of half a whole note Synonym(s): half note, minim
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] 1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like. 2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.] 4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Milton. 5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola. 6. (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets. 7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Minim \Min"im\, a. Minute. [bd]Minim forms.[b8] --J. R. Drake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Minnow \Min"now\, n. [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse, OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written also {minow}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish ({Phoxinus l[91]vis}, formerly {Leuciscus phoxinus}); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also {minim} and {minny}. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera {Phoxinus}, {Notropis}, or {Minnilus}, and {Rhinichthys}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus {Fundulus}, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt water. Called also {killifish}, {minny}, and {mummichog}.