MINIM
\mˈɪnɪm], \mˈɪnɪm], \m_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_m]\
Definitions of MINIM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.
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A small fish; a minnow.
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A little man or being; a dwarf.
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One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
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A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
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A short poetical encomium.
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Minute.
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Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; - applied to animalcula; and the like.
By Oddity Software
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The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.
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A small fish; a minnow.
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A little man or being; a dwarf.
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One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
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A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
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A short poetical encomium.
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Minute.
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Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; - applied to animalcula; and the like.
By Noah Webster.
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Minute.
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A dwarf: a note equal to two crotchets; a small fish; the smallest liquid measure; a single drop.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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In music, a note of the value of half a semibreve; the smallest liquid measure, about equal to one drop.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Minimum, "the least part or portion." The 60th part of a fluidrachm. This measure has been introduced by the London College of Physicians, in consequence of the uncertainty of the size of the drop, (see Gutta.) The subdivision of the wine pint has, accordingly, been extended to the 60th part of the fluidrachm; and glass measure, called "minim-measures," have been adopted by the London College.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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