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Minute

ˈmɪnɪt

Minute definitions
noun
minute minutes
  1. a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour

    "we waited for twenty minutes"

    • the distance covered in a minute by someone driving or walking

      "the hotel is situated just ten minutes from the centre of the resort"

    • a very short time

      "come and sit down for a minute"

    • a point in time

      "she was laughing one minute and crying the next"

    • a period of time; a while

      "I hadn't been to Manhattan in a minute"

  2. a sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement (symbol: ʹ)

    "Delta Lyrae is a double star with a separation of over 10 minutes of arc"