Minim
Minim , noun
[French minime, Latin minimus the least, smallest, a superl. of minor: compare Italian minima a note in music. See Minor, and compare 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, equal to one four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161 milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British measure).
3.
(Zoology) A small fish; a minnow. [Provincial English]
4.
A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obsolete] — Milton
5.
(Ecclesiastical Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
6.
(Music) 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. [Obsolete] — Spenser
Minim , adjective
Minute.
Minim forms.