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