Minim vs. Minum — Which is Correct Spelling?

In the United States, 1/60 of a fluid dram (0.0616 milliliter).

In Great Britain, 1/20 of a scruple (0.0592 milliliter).

(Music) A half note.

An insignificantly small portion or thing.

A downward vertical stroke in handwriting.

(music) A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

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.

(zoology) 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.

Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; - applied to animalcula; and the like.

The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, equal to one four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161 milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British measure).

One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.

A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.

Minute.

A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters

A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram

A musical note having the time value of half a whole note