1. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
   "he ran a 4 minute mile"
   - min 
2. An indefinitely short time
   "it only takes a minute"
   - moment, mo, second, bit 
3. A particular point in time
   - moment, second, instant 
4. A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
   - 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
   "its just 10 minutes away"
   - hour

1. Infinitely or immeasurably small
   "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"
   - infinitesimal 
2. Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
   "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "an exact and minute report"
   - narrow

1. Send a short note 
2. Record in the minutes (of a meeting)

Derived forms: minuting, minutest, minutes, minuter, minuted

See also: careful, little, minutely, minuteness, small

Type of: angular unit, distance, note, point, point in time, time, time unit, unit of time

Part of: 60 minutes, arcdegree, degree, hour, hr

Encyclopedia: Minute

• Henry Luce
• Henry M. Robert
• Henry M. Stanley
• Henry Martyn Robert
• Henry Miller
• Henry Moore
• Henry Morgan
• Henry Norris Russell
• Henry of Navarre
• Henry Oscar Houghton
• Henry Purcell
• Henry Robinson Luce
• Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
• Henry Russell
• Henry Spencer Moore
• Henry Steinway
• Henry Sweet
• Henry the Great
• Henry Tudor
• Henry V
• Henry Valentine Miller
• Henry VI
• Henry VII
• Henry VIII
• Henry Villard