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Definition of minim

Minim
Minim Min"im, a. Minute. ``Minim forms.' --J. R. Drake.
Minim
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["o]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.
minim
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["o]l.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus l[ae]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["o]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.

Meaning of minim from wikipedia

- Minim may refer to: Minim, British English for a half note (which usually gets two beats) MINIM (band), an industrial rock band from Spain Minim (unit)...
- Look up minim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The minim (abbreviated min, ♏︎ or ♍︎) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and U.S. customary systems...
- The Minims, officially known as the Order of Minims (Latin: Ordo Minimorum; abbreviated OM), and known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order...
- The Birkat haMinim (Hebrew: ברכת המינים "Blessing on the heretics") is a curse on heretics which forms part of the Jewish rabbinical liturgy. It is the...
- In music, a half note (American) or minim (British) is a note pla**** for half the duration of a whole note (or semibreve) and twice the duration of a...
- palaeography, a minim is a short, vertical stroke used in handwriting. The word is derived from the Latin minimum, meaning least or smallest. A minim is the basic...
- Minim (or Minim II, or Menim) is a village in the commune of Martap, in the department of Vina, in the Adamawa Region, Cameroon. The village contains...
- Minim, Inc., formerly Zoom Telephonics, is an American networking company that develops software and designs hardware for Internet security. Headquartered...
- The four species (Hebrew: ארבעת המינים‎ arba'at ha-minim, also called arba'a minim) are four plants—the etrog, lulav, had****, and aravah—mentioned in...
- MINIM is a Spanish industrial rock band founded in 2006 in Vigo, Galicia. The band was born in late 2006 in Vigo, when they recorded their first EP with...