minim
n . 液量单位,一滴,微量
液量单位,一滴,微量
minim n 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 [
synonym : {
half note }, {
minim }]
Minim \
Min "
im \,
a .
Minute . "
Minim forms ." --
J .
R .
Drake .
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Minim \
Min "
im \,
n . [
F .
minime ,
L .
minimus the least ,
smallest ,
a superl .
of minor :
cf .
It .
minima a note in music .
See {
Minor },
and cf .
Minimum .]
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1 .
Anything very minute ;
as ,
the minims of existence ; --
applied to animalcula ;
and the like .
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2 .
The smallest liquid measure ,
equal to about one drop ;
the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm ,
equal to one four -
hundred -
eightieth of a fluid ounce ,
or 0 .
06161 milliliter (
U .
S .
measure )
or 0 .
05919 milliliters (
British measure ).
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3 . (
Zool .)
A small fish ;
a minnow . [
Prov .
Eng .]
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4 .
A little man or being ;
a dwarf . [
Obs .] --
Milton .
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5 . (
Eccl .
Hist .)
One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St .
Francis of Paola .
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6 . (
Mus .)
A time note ,
formerly the shortest in use ;
a half note ,
equal to half a semibreve ,
or two quarter notes or crotchets .
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7 .
A short poetical encomium . [
Obs .] --
Spenser .
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Minnow \
Min "
now \,
n . [
OE .
menow ,
cf .
AS .
myne ;
also OE .
menuse ,
OF .
menuise small fish ;
akin to E .
minish ,
minute .] [
Written also {
minow }.]
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1 . (
Zool .)
A small European fresh -
water cyprinoid fish ({
Phoxinus laevis },
formerly {
Leuciscus phoxinus });
sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds ; --
called also {
minim }
and {
minny }.
The name is also applied to several allied American species ,
of the genera {
Phoxinus }, {
Notropis },
or {
Minnilus },
and {
Rhinichthys }.
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2 . (
Zool .)
Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus {
Fundulus },
and related genera .
They live both in fresh and in salt water .
Called also {
killifish },
{
minny },
and {
mummichog }.
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106 Moby Thesaurus words for "
minim ":
accidental ,
ace ,
atom ,
bit ,
breve ,
breve rest ,
crotchet ,
crumb ,
dab ,
demisemiquaver ,
dole ,
dominant ,
dominant note ,
dot ,
double whole note ,
dram ,
dribble ,
driblet ,
drop ,
droplet ,
dwarf ,
eighth note ,
eighth rest ,
enharmonic ,
enharmonic note ,
farthing ,
flat ,
fleck ,
flyspeck ,
fragment ,
gnat ,
gobbet ,
grain ,
granule ,
groat ,
hair ,
half note ,
half rest ,
handful ,
hemidemisemiquaver ,
iota ,
jot ,
little ,
little bit ,
lota ,
microbe ,
microorganism ,
midge ,
minimum ,
minutia ,
minutiae ,
mite ,
modicum ,
molecule ,
mote ,
musical note ,
natural ,
note ,
nutshell ,
ounce ,
particle ,
patent note ,
pause ,
pebble ,
pinch ,
pinhead ,
pinpoint ,
pittance ,
point ,
quarter note ,
quarter rest ,
quaver ,
report ,
responding note ,
rest ,
scrap ,
scruple ,
semibreve ,
semiquaver ,
shaped note ,
sharp ,
sixteenth note ,
sixteenth rest ,
sixty -
fourth note ,
smidgen ,
smitch ,
snip ,
snippet ,
speck ,
spiccato ,
spoonful ,
spot ,
staccato ,
sustained note ,
tercet ,
thimbleful ,
thirty -
second note ,
tiny bit ,
tittle ,
tone ,
trifling amount ,
triplet ,
trivia ,
vanishing point ,
whit ,
whole note
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