MINIM
What does "MINIM" mean?
A musical note equal to two beats (a half note); also a tiny unit of liquid measure.
Meanings
- A musical note with the time value of two beats, also called a half note. Hold the minim for two full counts. technical
- A unit of liquid volume equal to about one drop, or 1/60 of a fluid dram. The recipe called for ten minims of the tincture. technical
- A single short vertical stroke in handwriting, as in the letters i, n, m, and u. A row of minims can be hard to read in old script. technical
Did you know?
- The word 'minim' is a famous trap in old handwriting: written in blackletter, the strokes of m-i-n-i-m become a near-identical picket fence of vertical lines, so a reader can barely tell where one letter ends and the next begins.
Word origin
From Latin 'minimus' (smallest), the superlative of 'parvus' (small); the same root behind 'minimum' and 'minimal'.
Remember it
MINIM is the MINIMum: the smallest dose, the smallest drop, the smallest stroke - all from Latin for 'least'.
A little poem
Five little uprights-
the eye counts the picket fence
and still loses count.
haiku
Wordplay
- The scribe wrote 'minim' so neatly that even he couldn't read it - it was a fence with the gate left off.
What it teaches
When everything looks identical, the smallest difference is the whole meaning.
Quick facts
What does MINIM mean?
A musical note equal to two beats (a half note); also a tiny unit of liquid measure.
Is MINIM a valid word?
Yes — MINIM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MINIM?
MINIM has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MINIM come from?
From Latin 'minimus' (smallest), the superlative of 'parvus' (small); the same root behind 'minimum' and 'minimal'.
What can MINIM teach us?
When everything looks identical, the smallest difference is the whole meaning.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.