Definitions and Meaning of minute in English minute adjective. Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination Synonyms: narrow Examples - a minute inspection of the grounds - a narrow scrutiny - an exact and minute report; infinitely or immeasurably small Synonyms: infinitesimal Examples - reduced to a microscopic scale. New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink. A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) type of: time. An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) noun. A particular point in time. Minute is defined as to record the actions in a meeting or to time the exact number of minutes used to do something. An example of minute is to record who attended, what happened and what was voted on at a meeting. An example of minute is to time an Olympic swimming race. Definition of minute in the Idioms Dictionary. What does minute expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. Minute - Idioms by The. A1 C (written abbreviation min.) one of the 60 parts that an hour is divided into, consisting of 60 seconds: a 20-minute bus ride It takes me 20 minutes to get to work.

1. Minute Meaning
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'sixtieth part of an hour or degree of a circle,' late 14c., from Old French minut (13c.) or directly from Medieval Latin minuta 'minute of time; short note,' from Latin minuta 'a small portion or piece,' noun use of fem. of minutus 'little, small, minute,' past participle of minuere 'to lessen, diminish' (from PIE root *mei- (2) 'small').

In Medieval Latin, pars minuta prima 'first small part' was used by mathematician Ptolemy for one-sixtieth of a circle, later one-sixtieth of an hour (next in order was secunda minuta, which became second (n.)). German Minute, Dutch minuut also are from French. Used vaguely for 'short time' from late 14c. As a measure expressing distance (travel time) by 1886. Minute hand 'hand which indicates the minutes on a clock or watch' is attested from 1726. Minute-jumper (1890) was the name for the kind of electric clock on which the hands move only at the end of each minute.

minute (adj.)

mid-15c., 'chopped small,' from Latin minutus 'little, small, minute,' past participle of minuere 'to lessen, diminish' (from PIE root *mei- (2) 'small'). Meaning 'very small in size or degree, diminutive or limited, petty' is attested from late 15c. That of 'particular, closely precise or exact' is from 1680s. Related: Minutely; minuteness.

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