minim

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪm/

noun

  • 1 Music, British a note having the time value of two crotchets or half a semibreve, represented by a ring with a stem. Also called half note.
  • 2a small bronze or silver ancient Roman coin.
  • 3one sixtieth of a fluid drachm, about one drop of liquid.
  • 4(in calligraphy) a short vertical stroke, as in the letters i, m, n, u.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin minima, from minimus 'smallest'