Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Minim \Min"im\, a.
   Minute. ``Minim forms.'' --J. R. Drake.

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.]
   1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; --
      applied to animalcula; and the like.

   2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the
      sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]

   4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Milton.

   5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits
      of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of
      Paola.

   6. (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half
      note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or
      crotchets.

   7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Source : WordNet®

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
        [syn: {half note}]