minute
adjective
- 1
characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
a minute inspection of the grounds
a narrow scrutiny
- 2
infinitely or immeasurably small
two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
reduced to a microscopic scale
noun
- 1
distance measured by the time taken to cover it
we live an hour from the airport
its just 10 minutes away
- 2
a short note
the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting
- 3
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- 4
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
he ran a 4 minute mile
- 5
a particular point in time
the moment he arrived the party began
- 6
an indefinitely short time
wait just a moment
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