minute (
http://definr.com/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]
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]