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Minute

MINU'TE, a. [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.
MINUTE, n. min'it. [L. minutum, that is, a small portion.]
1. A small portion of time or duration, being the sixtieth part of an hour.
Since you are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
2. In geometry, the sixtieth part of a degree of a circle.
3. In architecture, the sixtieth, but sometimes the thirtieth part of a module.
4. A space of time indefinitely small. I will be with you in a minute, or in a few minutes, that is, in a short time.
5. A short sketch of any agreement or other subject, taken in writing; a note to preserve the memory of any thing; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate.
MINUTE, v.t. min'it. To set down a short sketch or note of any agreement or other subject in writing.

 

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