Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of an hour, or 60 seconds.
- noun A unit of angular measurement equal to one sixtieth of a degree, or 60 seconds.
- noun A measure of the distance one can cover in a minute.
- noun A short interval of time; moment. synonym: moment.
- noun A specific point in time.
- noun A note or summary covering points to be remembered; a memorandum.
- noun An official record of the proceedings of a meeting.
- transitive verb To record in a memorandum or the minutes of a meeting.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin (pars) minūta (prīma), (first) minute (part), from Latin minūta, feminine of minūtus, small; see minute.]
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