Associations to the word «Minute»

Wiktionary

MINUTE, noun. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
MINUTE, noun. A short but unspecified time period.
MINUTE, noun. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
MINUTE, noun. (in the plural) (minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.
MINUTE, noun. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
MINUTE, noun. A point in time; a moment.
MINUTE, noun. A nautical or a geographic mile.
MINUTE, noun. An old coin, a half farthing.
MINUTE, noun. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
MINUTE, noun. (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
MINUTE, verb. (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
MINUTE, verb. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
MINUTE, adjective. Very small.
MINUTE, adjective. Very careful and exact, giving small details.
MINUTE HAND, noun. The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes.
MINUTE HANDS, noun. Plural of minute hand
MINUTE MAN, noun. Alternative form of minuteman
MINUTE MEN, noun. Alternative form of minutemen ; plural of minute man
MINUTE OF ANGLE, noun. An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.
MINUTE OF ARC, noun. An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a degree.
MINUTE PIRATE BUG, noun. A pirate bug
MINUTE PIRATE BUGS, noun. Plural of minute pirate bug
MINUTE PUDDING, noun. An old-fashioned pudding made by stirring flour into boiling milk.
MINUTE REPEATER, noun. A device, in a watch, in which the current time is announced by means of a combination of sounds that represent the hour, quarter hour, and minute; usually activated by a button
MINUTE STEAK, noun. Cube steak

Dictionary definition

MINUTE, noun. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile".
MINUTE, noun. An indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit".
MINUTE, noun. A particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began".
MINUTE, noun. A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree.
MINUTE, noun. A short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting".
MINUTE, noun. Distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away".
MINUTE, adjective. Infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale".
MINUTE, adjective. Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report".

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