Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin minuta, from Latin minutus small, from past participle of minuere to lessen; more at MINOR
Pronunciation : 'mi-n&t
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. unit of time equal to 60 seconds, 1/60 of an hour; moment, unspecified short amount of time; memo, protocol, memorandum. record the proceedings of a meeting; make a memorandum. tiny, extremely small; trivial, petty; specific; accurate, precise. of a minute or minutes; occurring in a minute; instant. minute\min"ute\, a. 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 \min"ute\ (?; 277), n. [ll. minuta a small portion, small coin, fr. l. minutus small: cf. f. minute. see:
4th minute.].
2. the sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.) four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour.
3. the sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (marked thus ; as, 10° 20?).
4. a nautical or a geographic mile.
5. a coin; a half farthing. [obs.] (mark xii. 42).
6. a very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle. [obs.] minutes and circumstances of his passion. taylor.
7. a point of time; a moment. i go this minute to attend the king.
8. 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.
9. (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.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. the empress of russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance.minute \mi*nute"\ , a. [l. minutus, p. p. of minuere to lessen. see:
minish, minor, and cf. menu, minuet.].
10. very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable. "minute drops.".
11. attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
12. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds ; as, 10° 20′).
13. A nautical or a geographic mile.
14. A coin; a half farthing.
15. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.
16. A point of time; a moment.
17. 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.
18. A fixed part of a module.
19. See Module.
20. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.
21. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
22. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.
23. Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation. a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting" a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile" characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report".
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