minute

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

   a minute inspection of the grounds

2. 2
   adj

   infinitely or immeasurably small

   two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm

3. 3
   noun

   a short note

   the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting

4. 4
   noun

   a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

   They ran a 4 minute mile.

5. 5
   noun

   A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).

   Holonyms: hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

6. 6
   noun

   A short but unspecified time period.

   give me a minute

7. 7
   noun

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

   We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.

8. 8
   noun

   A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

   Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.

Etymology

From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.