MINUTE

noun a coin; a half farthing.

2. minute ·noun a point of time; a moment.

3. minute ·noun a nautical or a geographic mile.

4. minute ·noun a fixed part of a module. ·see module.

5. minute ·adj very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.

6. minute ·noun a very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.

7. minute ·noun the sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (·abbr. m.; as, 4h. 30m.).

8. minute ·noun the sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (marked thus ('); as, 10' 20'').

9. minute ·adj of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.

10. minute ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. to set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

11. minute ·adj attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.

12. minute ·noun 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.