1. (noun)minute, min a unit of timeequal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour "he ran a 4 minute mile"
2. (noun)moment, mo, minute, second, bit an indefinitely shorttime "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
3. (noun)moment, minute, second, instant a particularpoint in time "the moment he arrived the party began"
4. (noun)minute, arcminute, minute of arc a unit of angular distanceequal to a 60th of a degree
5. (noun)minute a shortnote "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"
6. (noun)hour, minute distance measured by the time taken to cover it
"we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
7. (adj)infinitesimal, minute infinitely or immeasurably small "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
8. (adj)minute, narrow 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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