minute

Meanings

• a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
  • "he ran a 4 minute mile"
• an indefinitely short time
  • "it only takes a minute"
• a particular point in time
• a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
• a short note
  • "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"
• distance measured by the time taken to cover it
  • "its just 10 minutes away"
• infinitely or immeasurably small
  • "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"
• characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
  • "a minute inspection of the grounds"
  • "an exact and minute report"

Synonyms

arcminute, bit, hour, infinitesimal, instant, min, minute of arc, mo, moment, narrow, second