minim

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Their drop, or sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, is called a minim Illustration: Fig_.

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  1. noun A unit of fluid measure, as:
  2. noun In the United States, 1/60 of a fluid dram (0.0616 milliliters).
  3. noun In Great Britain, 1/20 of a scruple (0.0592 milliliters).
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  • Dikatakannya, keterbatasan itu misalnya daya beli sarana produksi yang masih rendah, karena dipicu oleh tingkat kesejahteraan petani yang masih minim. —  ANTARA - Berita Terkini
  • "Sosialisasi tentang adanya bencana alam, karena faktor kelalaian manusia, juga karena kerusakan lingkungan dan upaya mengantisipasinya masih sangat minim," katanya. —  ANTARA - Berita Terkini
  • Investors to benefit from on-demand, automated cost basis reporting and investment decision support tools to minim ...
  • Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. —  Home | Mail Online
  • Many people start shopping for their four species, the arba minim, for the Succos holiday, before Yom Kippur. —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, half note, from Medieval Latin minimus, least, from Latin; see mei-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French minime = Spanish minimo = Portuguese Italian minimo, least (as a noun, French minime = Spanish minima = Portuguese Italian minima, Middle Latin minima, a note in music). from Latin minimus (fem, minima), least; superl, with comparative minor, less, used to supply the comparison of parvus, small, a positive form of the root min- not being in use; = Anglo-Saxon min, etc., less: see min. Cf. minimum, minimus, minor, etc.
 

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