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Minute   /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."





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"Minute" Quotes from Famous Books



... strait, having but little wind and fair weather. The island all night vomited fire and smoke very amazingly, and at every belch we heard a dreadful noise like thunder, and saw a flame of fire after it the most terrifying that ever I saw; the intervals between its belches were about half a minute, some more, others less; neither were these pulses or eruptions alike, for some were but faint convulsions, in comparison of the more vigorous; yet even the weakest vented a great deal of fire; but the largest made a roaring noise, ...
— Early Australian Voyages • John Pinkerton
... gourds, not Sevres, but almost as tasteful; and like true porcelain, fire had tempered them. Green and yielding, they are plucked from the tree; and emptied of their pulp, are scratched over with minute marks, like those of a line engraving. The ground prepared, the various figures are carefully etched. And the outlines filled up with delicate punctures, certain vegetable oils are poured over them, for coloring. Filled with a peculiar species of earth, the gourd is now placed ...
— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) • Herman Melville
... minute description of the Brig o' Dread occurs in the legend of Sir Owain, No. XL. in the MS. collection of romances, W. 4. I, Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. Sir Owain, a Northumbrian knight, after many frightful adventures in St. Patrick's Purgatory, at last arrives at the bridge, which, ...
— Purgatory • Mary Anne Madden Sadlier
... Mark cheerily, 'till I run up to one of our neighbours and ask what's best to be took, and borrow a little of it to give you; and to-morrow you'll find yourself as strong as ever again. I won't be gone a minute. Don't give in while I'm ...
— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens
... taut rigging of the brig was heard vibrating its answer in a singing note to this threatening murmur of the winds. A long and slow undulation lifted the level of the waters, as if the sea had drawn a deep breath of anxious suspense. The next minute an immense disturbance leaped out of the darkness upon the sea, kindling upon it a livid clearness of foam, and the first gust of the squall boarded the brig in a stinging flick of rain and spray. As if overwhelmed by the suddenness of the fierce ...
— The Rescue • Joseph Conrad


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