Found 3 items, similar to minute.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: minute kecil, menit
English → English (WordNet) Definition: minute minute adj 1: infinitely or immeasurably small; “two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm”; “reduced to a microscopic scale” [syn: infinitesimal, microscopic] 2: immeasurably small [syn: atomic, atomlike] 3: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; “a minute inspection of the grounds”; “a narrow scrutiny”; “an exact and minute report” [syn: narrow] minute n 1: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; “he ran a 4 minute mile” [syn: min] 2: an indefinitely short time; “wait just a moment”; “it only takes a minute”; “in just a bit” [syn: moment, second, bit] 3: a particular point in time; “the moment he arrived the party began” [syn: moment, second, instant] 4: a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree [syn: arcminute, minute of arc] 5: a short note; “the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting” 6: distance measured by the time taken to cover it; “we live an hour from the airport”; “its just 10 minutes away” [syn: hour]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Minute Minute \Min"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Minuting.] To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of. [1913 Webster] The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster] Minute \Min"ute\, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. [1913 Webster] Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to give notice of a death or a funeral. Minute book, a book in which written minutes are entered. Minute glass, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the running of sand. Minute gun, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute as a sign of distress or mourning. Minute hand, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes. [1913 Webster] Minute \Min"ute\ (?; 277), n. [LL. minuta a small portion, small coin, fr. L. minutus small: cf. F. minute. See 4th Minute.] [1913 Webster] 1. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m. or min.; as, 4 h. 30 m.) [1913 Webster] Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10[deg] 20'). [1913 Webster] 3. A nautical or a geographic mile. [1913 Webster] 4. A coin; a half farthing. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Mark xii. 42) [1913 Webster] 5. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Minutes and circumstances of his passion. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 6. A point of time; a moment. [1913 Webster] I go this minute to attend the king. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 7. pl. The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate; to read the minutes of the last meeting. [1913 Webster] 8. (Arch.) A fixed part of a module. See Module. [1913 Webster] Note: Different writers take as the minute one twelfth, one eighteenth, one thirtieth, or one sixtieth part of the module. [1913 Webster] Minute \Mi*nute"\ (m[imac]*n[=u]t" or m[i^]*n[=u]t"), a. [L. minutus, p. p. of minuere to lessen. See Minish, Minor, and cf. Menu, Minuet.] [1913 Webster] 1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable; as, minute details. “Minute drops.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation. [1913 Webster] Syn: Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact; circumstantial; particular; detailed. Usage: Minute, Circumstantial, Particular. A circumstantial account embraces all the leading events; a particular account includes each event and movement, though of but little importance; a minute account goes further still, and omits nothing as to person, time, place, adjuncts, etc. [1913 Webster]