noun🔗ShareA half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem."The music sheet showed a series of minims, each lasting for two beats. "musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water."The recipe called for precisely five minims of vanilla extract. "unitamountsciencetechnicalchemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA short vertical stroke used in handwriting."The student's handwriting was messy, with some minims so short they were almost invisible. "writinglanguagestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAnything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like."the minims of existence"biologyorganismanimalmicroorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony."The minim in the leaf-cutter ant colony is responsible for tasks like tending to the fungus garden because they are the smallest and can easily navigate the narrow tunnels. "animalinsectbiologynatureorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA little man or being; a dwarf."The children giggled, convinced they had spotted a minim hiding under the mushroom in the garden. "personbeingmythologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA small fish; a minnow."The small boy was excited to see a minim darting amongst the rocks in the stream. "fishanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA short poetical encomium."After Sarah won the science fair, her proud grandmother wrote a short, rhyming minim praising her intelligence and hard work. "literaturewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
