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Minute - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Minute : adj
1: infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike
threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic
scale" [syn: infinitesimal, microscopic]
2: immeasurably small [syn: atomic, atomlike]
3: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
"a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny";
"an exact and minute report" [syn: narrow]
(noun)
1: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he
ran a 4 minute mile" [syn: min]
2: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only
takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, second,
bit]
3: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
began" [syn: moment, second, instant]
4: a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree [syn:
arcminute, minute of arc]
5: a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the
meeting"
6: distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an
hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" [syn: hour]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Minute : \Mi*nute"\, a. [L. minutus, p. p. of minuere to lessen.
See Minish, Minor, and cf. Menu, Minuet.]
1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender;
inconsiderable. ``Minute drops.'' --Milton.
2. Attentive to small things; paying attention to details;
critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer;
minute observation.
Syn: Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact;
circumstantial; particular; detailed.
Usage: Minute, Circumstantial, Particular. A
circumstantial account embraces all the leading
events; a particular account includes each event and
movement, though of but little importance; a minute
account goes further still, and omits nothing as to
person, time, place, adjuncts, etc.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Minute : \Min"ute\, a.
Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or
marking successive minutes.
Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to
give notice of a death or a funeral.
Minute book, a book in which written minutes are entered.
Minute glass, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the
running of sand.
Minute gun, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute
as a sign of distress or mourning.
Minute hand, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes
the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Minute : \Min"ute\ (?; 277), n. [LL. minuta a small portion, small
coin, fr. L. minutus small: cf. F. minute. See 4th Minute.]
1. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.;
as, 4 h. 30 m.)
Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour.
--Chaucer.
2. The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus
('); as, 10[deg] 20').
3. A nautical or a geographic mile.
4. A coin; a half farthing. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Mark xii. 42)
5. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a
jot; a tittle. [Obs.]
Minutes and circumstances of his passion. --Jer.
Taylor.
6. A point of time; a moment.
I go this minute to attend the king. --Dryden.
7. The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of
anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take
minutes of a conversation or debate.
8. (Arch.) A fixed part of a module. See Module.
Note: Different writers take as the minute one twelfth, one
eighteenth, one thirtieth, or one sixtieth part of the
module.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Minute : \Min"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minuted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Minuting.]
To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a
minute or a brief summary of.
The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an
edict for universal tolerance. --Bancroft.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MINUTE, measures. In divisions of the circle or angular measures, aMinute :
is equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth part of a degree.
2. In the computation of time, a minute is equal to sixty seconds, or
the sixtieth part of an hour. Vide Measure.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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MINUTE, practice. A memorandum of what takes place in court; made by
authority of the court. Based on these minutes the record is afterwards made up.
2. Toullier says, they are so called because the writing in which they
were originally, was small, that the word is derived, from the Latin minuta,
(scriptura) in opposition to copies which were delivered to the parties, and
which were always written in a larger hand. 8 Toull. n. 413.
3. Minutes are not considered as any part of the record. 1 Ohio R. 268.
See 23 Pick. R. 184.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Minute |
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Duncan97: Loads of pictures to finish before Christmas. Doing a drawing of a car at the Minute. Very boring subject matter. Not in a great mood. |
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belllareow: doesn't feel mentally well. my mind is going a thousand miles a Minute, I'm not doing anything right lately. worst day ever. |
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sineadroy: @melodiejoy I wouldn't have minded a "good morning." Oh. Wait a Minute. He did say he paid for it!@pastorpaul@karenbyrne@ScottsCarver |
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