The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.), The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10¡ 20')., A nautical or a geographic mile., A coin; a half farthing., A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle., A point of time; a moment., 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., A fixed part of a module. See Module., Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes., To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of., Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable., Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
1.Minute is a unit of measurement of time.
2.minute is also a unit used to measure angles.
time by time
It is spelled minute. This is confusing to some people because it is the same spelling as the word minute meaning sixty seconds. Minute means extremely small like in size or amount.
Cycles per minute
Words such as "minute" that are spelled the same but have different meanings and pronunciations are called homographs.
A minute owl is a small owl. It's not a breed of owl in Harry Potter, but they call it "minute owl" because minute, in this case, is meaning "small".
Pin it, spin it, win it. * * * * * There are two pronunciations of minute. The one above refers to minute as a measure of time. But there is also minute, meaning very small. That rhymes with dilute.
Tiny, minute, ...
Revolutions Per Minute ( RPM )
The literal meaning of the French phrase j'ai fini entrer dans une minute' is "I finally enter in a minute". Essentially, it means, "I will be there in a minute" in English.
=per minute e.g mile per minute(meaning how many miles a mobile object travels in one minute unit of time)
The words gigantic and minute are antonyms. (The word minute is a most familiar as a unit of time equal to 60 seconds, however, it is also a word meaning very small - and when it is used for that meaning, it is also pronounced differently, rhymes with cute.)
min means Minute Min can also mean Minute meaning small. Another meaning can be minimum. The lowest amount of something.