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Meaning of minute

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  minute
      adj 1: infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike
             threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
             [syn: {infinitesimal}, {minute}]
      2: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
         "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny";
         "an exact and minute report" [syn: {minute}, {narrow}]
      n 1: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour;
           "he ran a 4 minute mile" [syn: {minute}, {min}]
      2: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo";
         "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: {moment},
         {mo}, {minute}, {second}, {bit}]
      3: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
         began" [syn: {moment}, {minute}, {second}, {instant}]
      4: a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree [syn:
         {minute}, {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; "we live an
         hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" [syn:
         {hour}, {minute}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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