Meanings
nounminim rest (plural minim rests)
plural minim rests
- entertainmentA pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two quarter rests or one half of a whole rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is two beats.
Synonyms: half rest
- entertainmentA symbol used in musical notation drawn as a solid rectangle directly above the middle line of a staff whose height is half the distance between lines.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two quarter rests or one half of a whole rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is two beats.
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Translations
Dutch halve rust, halve rust
- halve rustpause
- halve rustsymbol
French demi-pause, demi-pause
- demi-pausepause
- demi-pausesymbol
Icelandic hálfnótuþögn, hálfnótuþögn
- hálfnótuþögnpause
- hálfnótuþögnsymbol
Scottish Gaelic tost geal, tost geal
- tost gealpause
- tost gealsymbol
Swedish halvpaus, halvtaktspaus
- halvpauspause
- halvtaktspauspause
- halvpaussymbol
- halvtaktspaussymbol
Vietnamese lặng trắng, dấu lặng trắng
- lặng trắngpause
- dấu lặng trắngsymbol
- lặng trắngsymbol
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minim rest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minim%20rest
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“minim rest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minim%20rest. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minim rest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minim%20rest.
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