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   minute

   /ˈmɪnɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour: "we waited for twenty minutes"
   • ▪ the distance covered in a minute by someone driving or walking: "the hotel is situated just ten minutes from the centre of the resort"
   • ▪ a very short time: informal "come and sit down for a minute" Similar momentshort timelittle whilesecondbitinstantinformal:secnanosecondjiffyjifftickmotwo ticks
   • ▪ a point in time: "she was laughing one minute and crying the next" Similar point in timepointmomentinstanttimejuncturestage
   • ▪ a period of time; a while: informal US "I hadn't been to Manhattan in a minute"
   • 2. a sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement (symbol: ʹ): "Delta Lyrae is a double star with a separation of over 10 minutes of arc"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus ‘made small’. The senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   noun. a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree. synonyms: arcminute, minute of arc. see more. noun. a short note. “the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting” see more. Definitions of minute. adjective. infinitely or immeasurably small. “two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm”

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