Lexic.us

Definition of Minute

1. Noun. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour. "He ran a 4 minute mile"

2. Adjective. Infinitely or immeasurably small. "Reduced to a microscopic scale"

3. Noun. An indefinitely short time. "In just a bit"

4. Adjective. Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination. "An exact and minute report"

5. Noun. A particular point in time. "The moment he arrived the party began"

6. Noun. A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree.

7. Noun. A short note. "The secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"

8. Noun. Distance measured by the time taken to cover it. "Its just 10 minutes away"

Definition of Minute

1. n. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

2. a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.

3. v. t. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

4. a. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.

Definition of Minute

1. Noun. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour). ¹

2. Noun. A short but unspecified time period. ¹

3. Noun. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. ¹

4. Noun. (context: in the plural minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting. ¹

5. Noun. A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting. ¹

7. Adjective. Very small. ¹

8. Adjective. very careful and exact, giving small details. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Minute

1. very small [adj -NUTER, -NUTEST] : MINUTELY [adv] / to make a brief note of [v -UTED, -UTING, -UTES]

Medical Definition of Minute

1. 1. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. M.; as, 4 h. 30 m) "Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour." (Chaucer) 2. The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10 deg 20') 3. A nautical or a geographic mile. 4. A coin; a half farthing. 5. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle. "Minutes and circumstances of his passion." (Jer. Taylor) 6. A point of time; a moment. "I go this minute to attend the king." (Dryden) 7. The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate. 8. A fixed part of a module. See Module. Different writers take as the minute one twelfth, one eighteenth, one thirtieth, or one sixtieth part of the module. Origin: LL. Minuta a small portion, small coin, fr. L. Minutus small: cf. F. Minute. See 4th Minute. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minute

minuity minus minus-plus sign minus-plus signs minus-strand nucleic acid minus lens minus sign minus signs minus strand minuscular

minuscule minusculely minuscules minuses minutary minute book minute gun minute hand minute hands minute mutant

minute of angle minute of arc minute output minute repeater minute steak minute volume minuted minutely minuteman

Literary usage of Minute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Related work 7 to 10 45-minute periods. (General science applied to the ... and 2 90-minute or 5 SECOND YEAR. 90-minute, depending upon the subject. ..."

2. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1839)
"Having rested here for a minute or so, to collect a good burst of sobs and an imposing show of tears and terror, he knocked loudly at the wicket, ..."

3. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... mould the next minute be dancing and hallooing like an antick; and the next moment a tearing his hair, or pulling his clothes to pieces, ..."

4. Transactions by American Ethnological Society (1860)
"By the anemometer, in the same airway, the first trial showed 20818 cubic feet per minute; second trial, 21403; third trial, 22313 cubic feet per minute; ..."

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