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Webster 1913 Edition


Minute

Min′ute

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[LL.
minuta
a small portion, small coin, fr. L.
minutus
small: cf. F.
minute
. See 4th
Minute
.]
1.
The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev.
m.
or
min.
;
as, 4 h. 30
m.
)
Four
minutes
, that is to say,
minutes
of an hour.
Chaucer.
2.
The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus (´);
as, 10° 20´
).
3.
A nautical or a geographic mile.
4.
A coin; a half farthing.
[Obs.]
Wyclif (Mark xii. 42)
5.
A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.
[Obs.]
Minutes
and circumstances of his passion.
Jer. Taylor.
6.
A point of time; a moment.
I go this
minute
to attend the king.
Dryden.
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.
8.
(Arch.)
A fixed part of a module. See
Module
.
☞ Different writers take as the minute one twelfth, one eighteenth, one thirtieth, or one sixtieth part of the module.

Min′ute

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.
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.

Min′ute

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
&
p.
p.
Minuted
;
p.
pr.
&
vb.
Noun.
Minuting
.]
To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
The Empress of Russia, with her own hand,
minuted
an edict for universal tolerance.
Bancroft.

Mi-nute′

(mī-nūt′ or mĭ-nūt′)
,
Adj.
[L.
minutus
, p. p. of
minuere
to lessen. See
Minish
,
Minor
, and cf.
Menu
,
Minuet
.]
1.
Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable;
as,
minute
details
.
Minute drops.”
Milton.
2.
Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise;
as, a
minute
observer;
minute
observation.
Syn. – Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact; circumstantial; particular; detailed.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Minute

MINU'TE

,
Adj.
[L. minutus.]
1.
Very small,little or slender; of very small bulk or size; small in consequence; as a minute grain of sand; a minute filament. The blood circulates through very minute vessels. Minute divisions of a subject often perplex the understanding. Minute details are tedious.
2.
Attending to small things; critical; as minute observation.

Definition 2024


minuté

minuté

French

Verb

minuté m (feminine singular minutée, masculine plural minutés, feminine plural minutées)

  1. past participle of minuter