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    minim

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Music
    min·im /ˈmɪnɪm/ noun [countable] British English  APMa musical note that continues for the length of two crotchets 〔音乐中的〕二分音符 SYN American English half note
    Examples from the Corpus
    minim• As tables I and 2 demonstrate, Czerny marks it dotted minim 60.• This was quickly followed by three very corroded Roman minims which were impossible to identify as the markings had been completely erased.    Origin minim (1400-1500) Medieval Latin minimus, from Latin; → MINIMUM2
    min·im nounChineseSyllable
    musical for Corpus the note length a that continues


    minim
    min‧im /ˈmɪnəm, ˈmɪnɪm/ noun [countable] British English
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Medieval Latin
     Origin: minimus, from Latin; ⇨ minimum2
    a musical note that continues for the length of two crotchets
       SYN  half note American English


    minimBrE /ˈmɪnɪm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪnɪm/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE ˈhalf note) noun (music 音乐)
    a note that lasts twice as long as a crotchet/ quarter note 二分音符