minute

nouns

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

"he ran a 4 minute mile"

min, minute

an indefinitely short time

"wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

bit, minute, mo, moment, second

a particular point in time

"the moment he arrived the party began"

instant, minute, moment, second

a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

arcminute, minute, minute of arc

a short note

"the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"

minute

is a type of (narrower)

a brief written record

"he made a note of the appointment"

distance measured by the time taken to cover it

"we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"

hour, minute

infinitely or immeasurably small

"two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"

infinitesimal, minute

is derived from

characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

"a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

minute, narrow

is derived from