minute hand

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minute hand - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

minute hand - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  minute hand
      n 1: points to the minutes [syn: minute hand, big hand]