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Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 4, 2010 minim \MIN-uhm\, noun: 1. the least quantity of anything. 2. the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. 3. Music. A note, formerly the shortest in use, but now equivalent in time value to one half of a semibreve; half note. 4. Something very small or insignificant. No doubt there are abject specimens of the visionary, as there is a minim mammal which you might imprison in the finger of your glove. -- George Eliot, Daniel Deronda He examined the sprocket areas of the film searching for a speck of data, a minim of missing imagery. -- Don DeLillo, Underworld Minim originates in music, from the same Latin root as minimum. Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help
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