Definition of: minim

(min′im) noun
1. An apothecaries' fluid measure; roughly, one drop, or one sixtieth of a fluid dram: in the United States, 0.06 cubic centimeter; in England, 0.059 cubic centimeter.
2. Music A half note.
3. An extremely small creature; a pigmy.
4. A down-stroke in writing, as in forming the letter noun
5. Printing A size of type, about 7-point, between nonpareil and brevier.
—adjective Extremely small. [<F minime <L minimus least, smallest. Doublet of MINIMUM.]
—min′i·mal adjective