Minute

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A coin; a half farthing.

II. Minute ·noun A point of time; a moment.

III. Minute ·noun A nautical or a geographic mile.

IV. Minute ·noun A fixed part of a module. ·see Module.

V. Minute ·adj Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.

VI. Minute ·noun A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.

VII. Minute ·noun The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (·abbr. m.; as, 4h. 30m.).

VIII. Minute ·noun The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10' 20'').

IX. Minute ·adj Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.

X. 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.

XI. Minute ·adj Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.

XII. 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.

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