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 Definition of 'minute':

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1. (noun) minutemin
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
"he ran a 4 minute mile"

2. (noun) momentmominutesecondbit
an indefinitely short time
"wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

3. (noun) momentminutesecondinstant
a particular point in time
"the moment he arrived the party began"

4. (noun) minutearcminuteminute of arc
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree


5. (noun) minute
a short note
"the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"

6. (noun) hourminute
distance measured by the time taken to cover it
"we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"

7. (adj) infinitesimalminute
infinitely or immeasurably small
"two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"

8. (adj) minutenarrow
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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