1. (

• minute ,
• min

) a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile" ;

2. (

• moment ,
• mo ,
• minute ,
• second ,
• bit

) an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" ;

3. (

• moment ,
• minute ,
• second ,
• instant

) a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began" ;

4. (

• minute ,
• arcminute ,
• minute_of_arc

) a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree ;

5. (

• minute

) a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting" ;

6. (

• hour ,
• minute

) distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" ;

1. (

• infinitesimal ,
• minute

) infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale" ;

2. (

• minute ,
• narrow

) characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" ;