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Definition of 'minim'

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minim

(mɪnɪm )

Word forms: plural minims

countable noun

A minim is a musical note that has a time value equal to two crotchets or two quarter notes.

[British]regional note: in AM, use half note

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minim in British English

(ˈmɪnɪm )

noun

1.

a unit of fluid measure equal to one sixtieth of a drachm. It is approximately equal to one drop

Symbol: M, ♏

2. music

a note having the time value of half a semibreve

Usual US and Canadian name: half-note

3.

a small or insignificant person or thing

4.

a downward stroke in calligraphy

adjective

5. rare

very small; tiny

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Word origin

C15 (in its musical meaning): from Latin minimus smallest

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minim in American English

(ˈmɪnɪm )

noun

1.

the smallest unit of liquid measure, equal to 1⁄60 fluid dram or about half a drop (0.0616 milliliter): the British and Canadian imperial minim equals 1⁄60 of an imperial fluid dram or 0.0592 milliliter

abbrev. min

2.

a tiny portion

3. Chiefly British

adjective

4.

smallest; tiniest

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Word origin

ME mynym (in sense minim (sense 3)) < L minimus, least: see minimum

Examples of 'minim' in a sentence
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The tempo transitions between different sections are natural: the minims of the first and second sections correspond to the dotted crotchets of the third.For instance "octonaria" and "duodenaria" place eight and twelve minims in a breve respectively divided into two or three major semibreves.The half rest (or minim rest) denotes a silence for the same duration.The movement begins with three dotted minims in a fast 3/4 time, then minims for four bars, which create hemiolas and then crotchets.The 8 bar subject starts in minims with a second harmonic half in slow quavers.That the minims behave in this way demonstrates the highly derived character of the species.The divisions below the minim were invariably binary.In order of halving duration, we have: double note (breve); whole note (semibreve); half note (minim); quarter note (crotchet); eighth note (quaver); sixteenth note (semiquaver).In the second episode, the rhythm dissolves into a crotchet followed by a minim, and flowing semiquavers appear throughout.

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Which musical note am I?

a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve

crotchet hemidemisemiquaver quaver

Which musical note am I?

a note, now the longest in common use, having a time value that may be divided by any power of 2 to give all other notes

crotchet quaver semibreve

Which musical note am I?

a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve

demisemiquaver hemidemisemiquaver semiquaver

Which musical note am I?

a note having the time value of half a semibreve

crotchet demisemiquaver minim

Which musical note am I?

a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve

crotchet demisemiquaver semiquaver

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