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Meaning of 'minim' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Minim [ a.]
- Minute.
2 . Minim [ n.]
- 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.
- A small fish; a minnow.
- A little man or being; a dwarf.
- One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
- 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.

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mina minable minaceous minacious minacity minae minaret minargent minas minatorially

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