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A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).

Example: You have twenty minutes to complete the test.

A short but unspecified time period.

Example: Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!

A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

Example: We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.

(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

Example: Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.

Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

Example: I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.

To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Very small.

Example: They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.

Very careful and exact, giving small details.

Example: The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.