'Minute' definitions:
Definition of 'minute'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale" [syn: infinitesimal, minute]
adjective
Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" [syn: minute, narrow]
noun
A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile" [syn: minute, min]
noun
An indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, mo, minute, second, bit]
noun
A particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant]
noun
A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree [syn: minute, arcminute, minute of arc]
noun
A short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"
noun
Distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" [syn: hour, minute]
Definition of 'Minute'
From: GCIDE
- Minute \Min"ute\ (?; 277), n. [LL. minuta a small portion, small coin, fr. L. minutus small: cf. F. minute. See 4th Minute.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m. or min.; as, 4 h. 30 m.) [1913 Webster]
- Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10[deg] 20'). [1913 Webster]
- 3. A nautical or a geographic mile. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A coin; a half farthing. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Mark xii. 42) [1913 Webster]
- 5. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Minutes and circumstances of his passion. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A point of time; a moment. [1913 Webster]
- I go this minute to attend the king. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Arch.) A fixed part of a module. See Module. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Different writers take as the minute one twelfth, one eighteenth, one thirtieth, or one sixtieth part of the module. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Minute'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Minute'
From: GCIDE
- Minute \Mi*nute"\ (m[imac]*n[=u]t" or m[i^]*n[=u]t"), a. [L. minutus, p. p. of minuere to lessen. See Minish, Minor, and cf. Menu, Minuet.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable; as, minute details. "Minute drops." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Minute'
From: GCIDE
- Minute \Min"ute\, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'minute'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- abundant year,
- academic year,
- accurate,
- all the rage,
- annum,
- attentive,
- baby,
- back-burner,
- balance,
- balance the books,
- bantam,
- bell,
- bissextile year,
- bitsy,
- bitty,
- blow-by-blow,
- book,
- breath,
- breathing,
- calendar,
- calendar month,
- calendar year,
- capitalize,
- careful,
- carry,
- carry over,
- carve,
- cast up accounts,
- catalog,
- ceaseless,
- century,
- certain,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- charge off,
- check in,
- chronicle,
- close,
- close out,
- close the books,
- common year,
- concrete,
- conscientious,
- constant,
- continuous,
- cool,
- correct,
- coup,
- crack,
- credit,
- critical,
- cut,
- day,
- debit,
- decade,
- decennary,
- decennium,
- defective year,
- defined,
- definite,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- different,
- diminutive,
- dinky,
- dispensable,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- docket,
- document,
- double entry,
- engrave,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- entry,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exceptional,
- exigent,
- express,
- exquisite,
- extraordinary,
- fashionable,
- fateful moment,
- file,
- fill out,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fiscal year,
- fixed,
- flash,
- fortnight,
- full,
- fussy,
- grave,
- half a jiffy,
- half a mo,
- half a second,
- half a shake,
- hep,
- hip,
- hot,
- hour,
- immaterial,
- impanel,
- in,
- in fashion,
- in style,
- in vogue,
- inappreciable,
- incessant,
- incise,
- inconsequential,
- inconsiderable,
- index,
- individual,
- inessential,
- inferior,
- infinitesimal,
- inner,
- inscribe,
- insert,
- insignificant,
- instant,
- interminable,
- interval,
- intimate,
- irrelevant,
- item,
- itemized,
- itsy-bitsy,
- itty-bitty,
- jiff,
- jiffy,
- jot down,
- journal,
- journalize,
- juncture,
- kairos,
- keep books,
- latest,
- leap year,
- least,
- light,
- Lilliputian,
- list,
- little,
- log,
- lunar month,
- lunar year,
- lunation,
- luster,
- lustrum,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make an entry,
- make out,
- man-hour,
- mark down,
- matriculate,
- memorandum,
- mere,
- meticulous,
- micro,
- microscopic,
- microsecond,
- millennium,
- millisecond,
- mini,
- miniature,
- minor,
- minuscule,
- minutely,
- minutes,
- modern,
- moment,
- moment of truth,
- month,
- moon,
- narrow,
- negligible,
- newest,
- nice,
- nonessential,
- not vital,
- notation,
- note,
- note down,
- notes,
- noteworthy,
- now,
- particular,
- particularized,
- peewee,
- period,
- personal,
- petit,
- petty,
- picayune,
- piddling,
- pint-sized,
- place upon record,
- point,
- poll,
- post,
- post up,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- pregnant moment,
- private,
- proceedings,
- psychological moment,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- put down,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- quarter,
- quinquennium,
- record,
- reduce to writing,
- refined,
- register,
- regular year,
- religious,
- respective,
- resume,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- season,
- sec,
- second,
- semester,
- session,
- set down,
- several,
- shake,
- sidereal year,
- single entry,
- singular,
- slight,
- small,
- small-beer,
- smart,
- solar year,
- solipsistic,
- space,
- span,
- special,
- specific,
- spell,
- split second,
- stage,
- stretch,
- strict,
- strike a balance,
- stroke,
- stylish,
- subtle,
- summary,
- sun,
- tabulate,
- take down,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- technical,
- teensy-weensy,
- teeny,
- teeny-weeny,
- term,
- the time,
- thorough,
- tick,
- time,
- time lag,
- time of day,
- time signal,
- tiniest,
- tiny,
- transactions,
- transcribe,
- transcript,
- trendy,
- trice,
- trifling,
- trimester,
- trivial,
- twelvemonth,
- twink,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- twitch,
- two shakes,
- unceasing,
- unessential,
- unimportant,
- unimpressive,
- unintermitted,
- uninterrupted,
- unnoteworthy,
- videotape,
- wee,
- week,
- weekday,
- while,
- wink,
- with it,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write out,
- write up,
- year
Words containing 'Minute'
- Minutely,
- Minuteness,
- minutes,
- 15 minutes,
- 30 minutes,
- 60 minutes,
- Minute bell,
- Minute book,
- Minute glass,
- Minute gun,
- Minute hand,
- last minute,
- light minute,
- minute of arc,
- minute steak,
- up-to-the-minute,
- Minute-jack,
- ampere-minute,
- beats per minute,
- count per minute,
- last-minute,
- new york minute,
- revolutions per minute,
- words per minute,
- four-minute man,
- half-minute glass,
- three-minute glass