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Webster 1913 Edition
Minute
Min′ute
(?; 277)
, Noun.
1.
The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev.
m.
or min.
; as, 4 h. 30
) m.
Four
minutes
, that is to say, minutes
of an hour. Chaucer.
2.
The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus (´);
as, 10° 20´
). 3.
A nautical or a geographic mile.
4.
A coin; a half farthing.
[Obs.]
Wyclif (Mark xii. 42)
5.
A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.
[Obs.]
Minutes
and circumstances of his passion. Jer. Taylor.
6.
A point of time; a moment.
I go this
minute
to attend the king. Dryden.
7.
pl.
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; to read the minutes
of the last meeting.8.
(Arch.)
A fixed part of a module. See
Module
. ☞ Different writers take as the minute one twelfth, one eighteenth, one thirtieth, or one sixtieth part of the module.
Min′ute
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.
Minute bell
, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to give notice of a death or a funeral.
– Minute book
, a book in which written minutes are entered.
– Minute glass
, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the running of sand.
– Minute gun
, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute as a sign of distress or mourning.
– Minute hand
, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes.
Mi-nute′
(mī-nūt′ or mĭ-nūt′)
, Adj.
1.
Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable;
“Minute drops.” as,
. minute
detailsMilton.
2.
Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise;
as, a
minute
observer; minute
observation.
Syn. – Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact; circumstantial; particular; detailed.
–
Minute
, Circumstantial
, Particular
. A circumstantial account embraces all the leading events; a particular account includes each event and movement, though of but little importance; a minute account goes further still, and omits nothing as to person, time, place, adjuncts, etc. Webster 1828 Edition
Minute
MINU'TE
,Adj.
1.
Very small,little or slender; of very small bulk or size; small in consequence; as a minute grain of sand; a minute filament. The blood circulates through very minute vessels. Minute divisions of a subject often perplex the understanding. Minute details are tedious.2.
Attending to small things; critical; as minute observation.Definition 2024
minūte
minūte
Latvian
Noun
minūte f (5th declension)
- minute (unit of time, 1/60 of an hour)
- piecu minūšu gājiens ― a five-minutes walk
- desmit minūšu pārtraukums ― a ten-minute break
- pulkstenis ir septiņi un desmit minūtes ― it is ten minutes past seven o'clock
- minute of arc (unit of angular measurement, 1/60 of a degree)
- šī leņķa lielums ir viena minūte ― the size of this angle is one minute (of arc)
Declension
Declension of minūte (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | minūte | minūtes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | minūti | minūtes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | minūtes | minūšu |
| dative (datīvs) | minūtei | minūtēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | minūti | minūtēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | minūtē | minūtēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | minūte | minūtes |