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/mˈɪnət/ /maɪnˈut/ /maɪnjˈut/ Listen  noun Minute n. 1.The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m. or min.; as, 4 h. 30 m.) "Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour." 2.The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus (´); as, 10° 20´). 3.A nautical or a geographic mile. 4.A coin; a half farthing. (Obs.) 5.A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle. (Obs.) "Minutes and circumstances of his passion." 6.A point of time; a moment. "I go this minute to attend the king." 7.pl. 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; to read the minutes of the last meeting. 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.
adjective Minute adj. 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.
Minute adj. 1.Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable; as, minute details. "Minute drops." 2.Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation. Synonyms: Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact; circumstantial; particular; detailed. 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.
verb Minute v. t. 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."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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