semiminima

This clumsy terminology goes back to the days of plain chant, with its longa, brevis, semi-brevis, minima and semiminima.

Chapter 4. American and English Today. 2. Differences in Usage

The rest to correspond to the _semiminima_ was [illustration]; for the _semibrevis_

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University

As still smaller units of value were added, the _semiminima_ was replaced by [filled minima], and the half _semiminima_ thus became [minima with tail], and the next smaller values,

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University