minim
noun
1 minim
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters.
Roget 32:
smallness
etc.
adj.;
littleness
etc.
(small size)
193;
tenuity;
paucity;
fewness
etc.
(small number)
103;
meanness,
insignificance
(unimportance)
643;
mediocrity,
moderation.
small quantity,
modicum,
trace,
hint,
minimum;
vanishing point;
material point,
atom,
particle,
molecule,
corpuscle,
point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace;
minutiae,
details;
look,
thought,
idea,
soupcon,
dab,
dight†,
whit,
tittle,
shade,
shadow;
spark,
scintilla,
gleam;
touch,
cast;
grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice,
drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau†,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture;
inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet†,
flitter,
gobbet†,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb,
seed,
fritter,
shive†;
snip,
snippet;
snick†,
snack,
snatch,
slip,
scrag†;
chip,
chipping;
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping,
paring,
shaving,
hair.
nutshell;
thimbleful,
spoonful,
handful,
capful,
mouthful;
fragment;
fraction
etc.
(part)
51;
drop in the ocean.
animalcule
etc.
193.
trifle
etc.
(unimportant thing)
643;
mere nothing,
next to nothing;
hardly anything;
just enough to swear by;
the shadow of a shade.
finiteness,
finite quantity.
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Roget 413:
melody,
rhythm,
measure;
rhyme
etc.
(poetry)
597.
pitch,
timbre,
intonation,
tone.
scale,
gamut;
diapason;
diatonic chromatic scale†,
enharmonic scale†;
key,
clef,
chords.
modulation,
temperament,
syncope,
syncopation,
preparation,
suspension,
resolution.
staff,
stave,
line,
space,
brace;
bar,
rest;
appoggiato†,
appoggiatura†;
acciaccatura†.
note,
musical note,
notes of a scale;
sharp,
flat,
natural;
high note
etc.
(shrillness)
410;
low note
etc.
408;
interval;
semitone;
second,
third,
fourth
&c.;
diatessaron†.
breve,
semibreve [Mus.],
minim,
crotchet,
quaver;
semiquaver,
demisemiquaver,
hemidemisemiquaver;
sustained note,
drone,
burden.
tonic;
key note,
leading note,
fundamental note;
supertonic†,
mediant†,
dominant;
submediant†,
subdominant†;
octave,
tetrachord†;
major key,
minor key,
major scale,
minor scale,
major mode,
minor mode;
passage,
phrase.
concord,
harmony;
emmeleia†;
unison,
unisonance†;
chime,
homophony;
euphony,
euphonism†;
tonality;
consonance;
consent;
part.
[Science of harmony]
harmony,
harmonics;
thorough-bass,
fundamental-bass;
counterpoint;
faburden†.
piece of music
etc.
415 [Fr.];
composer,
harmonist†,
contrapuntist
(musician)
416.
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2 minim
A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram.
3 minim
A musical note having the time value of half a whole note.
synonym: half note.
Polish: półnuta
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