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}]