noun
minute
MIN-it/ˈmɪnɪt/
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds.
The stopwatch measures one minute as its hand completes a full circle.
Etymology
A “small portion” named the first division into sixty parts, applied to a circle and later an hour. Dividing that minute by sixty again produced the second.
In context
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More examples
- Boil the noodles for three minutes.
- There are sixty minutes in an hour.
- The train leaves in five minutes.
Forms
minute · minutes
minute hand noun — The clock hand that shows minutes.