LekhoriLekhoriA unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
Holonyms: hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.
Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
Very small.
They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.
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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.
Very careful and exact, giving small details.
The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.