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minim

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: minim

1
n
a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram
2
n
a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: minim
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n a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram

Type of:
United States liquid unit
a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System

n a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters

Type of:
British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
2

n a musical note having the time value of half a whole note

Synonyms:
half note
Type of:
musical note, note, tone
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
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