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minim
n. - Music. A symbol (now usually drawn {minim}) for a note having a duration equal to half that of a semibreve; a note of this length.--A single downstroke of the pen; esp. the short downstroke used in the letters m, n, u, etc., in court hand or secretary hand. Also more fully minim stroke. Now chiefly Palaeogr.--The least possible portion of something; a tiny particle, a jot--Numismatics. Any of various very small, ancient (usually Roman), bronze or silver coins found in Britain and mostly produced locally.