Minute - Definition

adj 1: infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike
threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
[syn: infinitesimal, minute]
2: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
"a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny";
"an exact and minute report" [syn: minute, narrow]
n 1: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour;
"he ran a 4 minute mile" [syn: minute, min]
2: 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]
3: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant]
4: a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree [syn:
minute, arcminute, minute of arc]
5: a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the
meeting"
6: distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an
hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" [syn:
hour, minute]