minute
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(s) infinitely or immeasurably small
- two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
- reduced to a microscopic scale
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(s) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- a minute inspection of the grounds
- a narrow scrutiny
- an exact and minute report
Nouns
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(n) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- he ran a 4 minute mile
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(n) an indefinitely short time
- wait just a moment
- in a mo
- it only takes a minute
- in just a bit
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(n) a particular point in time
- the moment he arrived the party began
- (n) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree arcminute, minute of arc,
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(n) a short note
- the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting
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(n) distance measured by the time taken to cover it
- we live an hour from the airport
- its just 10 minutes away