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How to pronounce minim in English?

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Synonyms half note
Type of musical note, tone, note
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Type of british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit
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Type of united states liquid unit

Examples of minim

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Remove minim pans for the roasted pan and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Irure dolor in ad minim veniam, quis nostrud et labore.
From the businessweek.com
The analogue of the grain was called a minim.
From the en.wikipedia.org
With very rare exceptions, the semibreve is now the longest note and the minim is thirty-two times the length of the shortest.
From the newscientist.com
The relation between the breve and the semibreve was called tempus, and the relation between the semibreve and the minim was called prolatio.
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In the United Kingdom, the 1963 Weights and Measures Act provided for the abolition of the minim, fluid scruple, and fluid drachm, all already obsolete.
From the en.wikipedia.org
For example, the next time I march up to my pharmacist for one-sixtieth fluid dram of medicine, I will know to ask in my most confident voice for exactly one MINIM.
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More examples
  • A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters
  • A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram
  • Half note: a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
  • In palaeography, a minim is a short, vertical stroke used in handwriting. The word is derived from the Latin minimum, meaning "least" or "smallest".
  • Minims (also called the Minimi or The Order of the Minims) are followers of a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Francis of Paola in the fifteenth century in Italy. The order flourished in France until the time of the French Revolution. ...
  • The minim (abbreviated min, u264F or ) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Specifically it is 1u204460 of a fluidram or 1u2044480 of a fluid ounce.
  • (minims) very small fire ant workers
  • A type of note which lasts for two beats. They are also known as half-notes.
  • The hooked vertical strokes of lower case letters in Gothic script