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If you mean the time measurement, the first. If you mean extremely small, the second.
Some words that mean extremely small include: - Tiny - Miniature - Minute - Modest - Miniscule - Teeny - Teensy - Undersized - Little - Mini - Wee - Itty - Bitty - Puny - Petite
A very very small unit
In Latin, "minute" means small or tiny. In the 16th century, when a record was kept of official meetings, it was first written in shorthand, which was a very small or "minute" script. The text would later be transcribed into regular size. Thus the record was called the "minutes" of the meeting, originally pronounced "my-noots."
the small hour hand will be on the 7 and the small minute hand will be on the 1
Tiny, miniscule, minute, microscopic.
The homograph for "minute" is "minute." It can mean both a unit of time equal to sixty seconds and to describe something very small or insignificant.
minuto (60 in an hour) minucioso/a (very small)
In art and anywhere else, minute (pronounced mine-oot) means very small and huge means very large.
Minute eyes refer to very small or tiny eyes that are typically found in certain organisms or species that have adapted to low light conditions or very specific environmental niches. These small eyes may have limited visual acuity but are often highly specialized for detecting specific forms of light or movement.
Minute as in a measure of time = Minuto Minute as in "very small" = Minúsculo (Miniscule)
miniscule(very small, miniature, minute, or diminutive)
Tiny, minute, ...
minute
Since the word minute has two meanings, there are two possible interpretations of "minute work" which would be, either work that can be completed in a minute (60 seconds) or work that is being done on some very small (which is to say, minute) object - but the second interpretation is almost certainly the one that is meant.
If you mean the time measurement, the first. If you mean extremely small, the second.
In this context, the word "minute" means very small or insignificant.