minute

1. (satellite adjective) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"
Synonyms: narrow

2. (noun) a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"
Related Words: note

3. (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
Synonyms: arcminute, minute of arc
Related Words: angular unit

4. (noun) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile"
Synonyms: min
Related Words: time unit, unit of time

5. (satellite adjective) infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
Synonyms: infinitesimal, microscopic

6. (noun) distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
Synonyms: hour
Related Words: distance

7. (noun) a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
Synonyms: instant, moment, second
Related Words: climax, culmination, pinpoint, point, point in time, psychological moment, time

8. (noun) an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
Synonyms: bit, moment, second
Related Words: New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, split second, time, trice, twinkling, wink

9. (satellite adjective) immeasurably small
Synonyms: atomic, atomlike



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