n.
- Music, Brit. a note having the time value of two crotchets or half a semibreve, represented by a ring with a stem.
- a small bronze or silver ancient Roman coin.
- one sixtieth of a fluid drachm, about one drop of liquid.
- (in calligraphy) a short vertical stroke, as in the letters i, m, n, u.
Etymology
ME: from L. minima, from minimus ‘smallest’.
