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Definition 2024

minute_hand

minute hand

English

Noun

minute hand ‎(plural minute hands)

The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes.

Synonyms

big hand

Translations

clock hand

Chinese:
Mandarin: 分針 (zh), 分针 (zh) ‎(fēnzhēn), 大針 (zh), 大针 (zh) ‎(dàzhēn)
Finnish: minuuttiosoitin (fi), minuuttiviisari (fi)
French: grande aiguille (fr) f, aiguille des minutes (fr) f
German: Minutenzeiger (de) m
Greek: λεπτοδείκτης (el) ‎(leptodeíktis), λεπτοδείχτης (el) m ‎(leptodeíchtis)
Hungarian: percmutató (hu)

Irish: snáthaid mhór f
Japanese: 分針 ‎(ふんしん, funshin), 長針 (ja) ‎(ちょうしん, chōshin)
Portuguese: ponteiro dos minutos m
Russian: мину́тная стре́лка f ‎(minútnaja strélka), больша́я стре́лка f ‎(bolʹšája strélka)
Spanish: minutero m
Swedish: minutvisare (sv) c

See also

hour hand