minim Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters
noun a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram
noun a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
half note.

F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See Minor, and cf. Minimum.

Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.
(Zoöl.) A small fish; a minnow. Prov. Eng.
A little man or being; a dwarf. Obs. Milton.
(Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
(Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
A short poetical encomium. Obs. Spenser.