minim
A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stemA half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
» His odes shall be read with minim, or crochet, or quaver rests.
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8 sensesA half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
halbe Note
полови́нная но́таpolovínnaja nóta
a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
the minims of existence
The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
A little man or being; a dwarf.
A small fish; a minnow.
A short poetical encomium.
Examples
1 sentencesHis odes shall be read with minim, or crochet, or quaver rests.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French minime.Borrowed from French minime.
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Forms
plural: minimsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a musical note having the time value of half a whole note:half note