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MINUTE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Distance measured by the time taken to cover it
Example:
its just 10 minutes away
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("minute" is a kind of...):
distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A short note
Example:
the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("minute" is a kind of...):
note (a brief written record)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
Synonyms:
arcminute; minute; minute of arc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("minute" is a kind of...):
angular unit (a unit of measurement for angles)
Meronyms (parts of "minute"):
arcsecond; second (a 60th part of a minute of arc)
Holonyms ("minute" is a part of...):
arcdegree; degree (a measure for arcs and angles)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
Example:
he ran a 4 minute mile
Synonyms:
min; minute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("minute" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Meronyms (parts of "minute"):
s; sec; second (1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
Holonyms ("minute" is a part of...):
60 minutes; hour; hr (a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A particular point in time
Example:
the moment he arrived the party began
Synonyms:
instant; minute; moment; second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("minute" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minute"):
climax; culmination (the decisive moment in a novel or play)
eleventh hour; last minute (the latest possible moment)
moment of truth (a crucial moment on which much depends)
moment of truth (the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull)
pinpoint (a very brief moment)
time (a suitable moment)
psychological moment (the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An indefinitely short time
Example:
in just a bit
Synonyms:
bit; minute; mo; moment; second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("minute" is a kind of...):
time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minute"):
blink of an eye; flash; heartbeat; instant; jiffy; New York minute; split second; trice; twinkling; wink (a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
Example:
an exact and minute report
Synonyms:
minute; narrow
Classified under:
Similar:
careful (exercising caution or showing care or attention)
Derivation:
minuteness (great precision; painstaking attention to details)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Infinitely or immeasurably small
Example:
reduced to a microscopic scale
Synonyms:
infinitesimal; minute
Classified under:
Similar:
little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
minuteness (the property of being very small in size)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb minute
Context examples:
A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia with organized rhythmic atrial contractions with a rate of 200-300 beats per minute.
(Atrial Flutter, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A disorder characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of an organized, regular atrial rhythm with atrial rate of 240-340 beats per minute.
(Atrial Flutter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
It was gone in a minute.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A measurement of the volume of serum or plasma that would be cleared of calcium by excretion of urine for a specified unit of time (e.g. one minute).
(Calcium Clearance Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The hour, minute, and/or second at which birth occurs.
(Birth Time, NCI Thesaurus)
Growth factor present in minute amounts in every living cell.
(Biotin, NCI Thesaurus)
The authors note current NHS guidelines recommend 75 minutes of vigorous activity a week for adults (or 150 minutes of moderate activity).
(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The first group, 73% of the total, had the lowest increase, from an average of nearly 51 minutes a day to nearly an hour and 47 minutes a day.
(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)
According to the report, the two-spray process is complete in under five minutes and lasts for roughly 500 flushes before requiring reapplication.
(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)
An electrocardiographic finding of idioventricular rhythm with a rate greater than 50 beats per minute.
(Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
