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minute
adj.
tiny, extremely small; trivial, petty; specific; accurate, precise
n.
unit of time equal to 60 seconds, 1/60 of an hour; moment, unspecified short amount of time; memo, protocol, memorandum
v.
record the proceedings of a meeting; make a memorandum
adj.
of a minute or minutes; occurring in a minute; instant
Minute
The
minute is a
unit of
time or of
angle. As a unit of time, the minute is equal to (the first
sexagesimal fraction) of an
hour or 60
seconds. In the
UTC time standard, a minute on rare occasions has 61 seconds, a consequence of
leap seconds (there is a provision to insert a negative leap second which would result in a 59-second minute, but this has never happened in more than four decades under this system). As a unit of angle, the
minute of arc is equal to of a
degree or 60
seconds (of arc). Although not an
SI unit for either time or angle, the minute is accepted for use with SI units for both. The SI symbols for
minute or
minutes are
min for time measurement, and the
prime symbol after a number, e.g. 5', for angle measurement. The prime is also sometimes used informally to denote minutes of time.
minute
Noun
1. a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile"
(synonym) min
(hypernym) time unit, unit of time
(part-holonym) hour, hr, 60 minutes
(part-meronym) second, sec, s
2. an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
(synonym) moment, second, bit
(hypernym) time
(hyponym) blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute
3. a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
(synonym) moment, second, instant
(hypernym) point, point in time
(hyponym) climax, culmination
4. a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
(synonym) arcminute, minute of arc
(hypernym) angular unit
(part-holonym) degree, arcdegree
(part-meronym) second, arcsecond
5. a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"
(hypernym) note
6. distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
(synonym) hour
(hypernym) distance
Adjective
1. infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
(synonym) infinitesimal, microscopic
(similar) small, little
2. immeasurably small
(synonym) atomic, atomlike
(similar) microscopic, microscopical, small
3. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"
(synonym) narrow
(similar) careful
Minute (die)
nf.
minutes, min, unit of time equal to 60 seconds, 1/60 of an hour; moment
minute
interj.
moment
minute
nf.
minute, record
minuter
v.
time, set a time, determine a time
