MINIM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minim mean? 

• MINIM (noun)
  The noun MINIM has 3 senses:

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

2. a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram

3. a musical note having the time value of half a whole note

  Familiarity information: MINIM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINIM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("minim" is a kind 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)

Holonyms ("minim" is a part of...):

drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("minim" is a kind of...):

United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

Holonyms ("minim" is a part of...):

drachm; fluid drachm; fluid dram; fluidram (a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

half note; minim

Hypernyms ("minim" is a kind of...):

musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)

 Context examples 

He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The US minim is equal to 0.003 760 cubic inch or 61.610 microliters.

(Minim, NCI Thesaurus)