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/mˈɪnət hænd/ Listen

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.

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Etymology of 'Minute hand'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Minute hand" Quotes from Famous Books

... room that evening, Mrs. Wildman could not refrain from inspecting the legacy of this singular being. On opening the packet, she found a number of fugitive poems, written in a most delicate and minute hand, and evidently the fruits of her reveries and meditations during her lonely rambles; from these the foregoing extracts have been made. These were accompanied by a voluminous letter, written with the pathos and eloquence ...

— Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey • Washington Irving

... How big, and solemn and serious it looks! Surely the minute hand is important. What time is it? Fifteen minutes after. Fifteen minutes after what? The minute ...

— The Children's Six Minutes • Bruce S. Wright

... cadet watched the astral chronometer, seeing the red hand sweep the seconds away, and the black minute hand inch around the dial. Over and over, the curly-haired Space Cadet refused Coxine's demand for the recognition signal and then watched helplessly as the pirate gave the ...

— On the Trail of the Space Pirates • Carey Rockwell

... third step toward victory, for Landis jerked his head around, saw the minute hand almost upon its mark, and swung back with a shudder toward Donnegan. From the crowd there was ...

— Gunman's Reckoning • Max Brand

... seats at the table. Rosie had the watch before her, and was closely observing the minute hand. Mr. George, who thought it not polite that he should take his seat before Mrs. Gray came, stood waiting by the fire. It was a cool morning, and so Mr. George had made a little fire when ...

— Rollo in Naples • Jacob Abbott