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minim

/ˈmɪ.nɪm/

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noun

A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

Examples :

"The music sheet showed a series of minims, each lasting for two beats. "

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A 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.

Examples :

"The recipe called for precisely five minims of vanilla extract. "

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A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.

Examples :

"The student's handwriting was messy, with some minims so short they were almost invisible. "

writing language style

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noun

Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.

Examples :

"the minims of existence"

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The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.

Examples :

"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. "

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noun

A little man or being; a dwarf.

Examples :

"The children giggled, convinced they had spotted a minim hiding under the mushroom in the garden. "

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A small fish; a minnow.

Examples :

"The small boy was excited to see a minim darting amongst the rocks in the stream. "

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A short poetical encomium.

Examples :

"After Sarah won the science fair, her proud grandmother wrote a short, rhyming minim praising her intelligence and hard work. "

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