Definition of minim

• n. - Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
• n. - The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.
• n. - A small fish; a minnow.
• n. - A little man or being; a dwarf.
• n. - One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
• n. - A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
• n. - A short poetical encomium.
• a. - Minute.