Minim

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A minim is:

• Minim (music) - a note length, another name for a half note
• Minim (unit) - an amount of fluid
• Minim (item) - a former British manufacturer of surround-sound audio decoders
• Minim (religious order) - a member of a religious order founded by St. Francis of Paula
• Minim (palaeography) - a short vertical stroke used in handwriting

All of these derive from Latin minimus, 'very small', and are stressed on the first syllable. Additionally, with the stress on the second syllable:

• Minim (a Hebrew plural form) - are, in Talmudic terminology, outsiders within the Jewish community.

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