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Definition: Minute |
MinuteAdjective1. Infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale". 2. Immeasurably small. 3. Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report". Noun1. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile". 2. An indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit". 3. A particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began". 4. A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "minute" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | 1. The sixtieth part of an hour.2. The sixtieth part of a degree of arc.Abbreviation min or ´. (references) |
Law | Original copy of a deed which is kept by the authorities or by the notary. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Minute Make a minute of that. Take a note of it. A law term; a rough draft of a proceeding taken down in minute or small writing, to be afterwards engrossed, or written larger. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A minute is:
The symbol for a minute is a prime (or apostrophe, or single quote). For example, fifteen minutes could be written 15'.
- a unit of time equal to 1/60th of a hour and to 60 seconds. (Some rare minutes have 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second.)
- a unit of angle, 1/60th of a degree. It is then also known as a minute of angle or minute of arc, and can further be divided into 60 seconds of arc.
The Earth turns on its polar axis through fifteen minutes of arc in every minute of time. A minute of arc at the Earth's equator is a nautical mile.
- See also the "orders of magnitude" list that contains the minute
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Minute."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A minute of arc, arcminute, or MOA is a unit of angular measurement which comprises one-sixtieth of a degree. The symbol for one arcminute is 1'.
The minute of arc is a measurement of angle or arc, equal to one sixtieth (1/60) of one degree. Since one degree is defined as one three hundred and sixtieth (1/360) of a circle, 1 MOA is 1/21600 of the amount of arc in a closed circle, or 10800*pi radians. Its usage is limited to those fields which require a handy unit for the expression of very small amounts of arc.
This unit is commonly found in the firearms industry and literature, particularly that concerning high-powered rifles. It is popular because 1 MOA almost exactly subtends one inch at 100 yards, a traditional distance on target ranges. A shooter can easily readjust his or her rifle scope simply by measuring the distance in inches the bullet hole is from the desired impact point, and adjusting the scope that many MOA in the opposite direction. Most target scopes designed for long distances are adjustable in quarter (1/4) or eighth (1/8) MOA 'clicks.' One eighth MOA is equal to approximately an eighth of an inch at 100 yards or one inch at 800 yards.
Sometimes, a firearm will be 'measured' in MOA. This simply means that under ideal conditions, the gun is capable of repeatedly producing a group of shots that fit into a circle, the diameter of which can be subtended by that amount of arc. (E.g.: a "1 MOA rifle" should be capable, under ideal conditions and when locked into a vise, of shooting a 1-inch group at 100 yards.) However, ideal performance in a ballistics lab is often very different from real-world results.
Minutes of angle (and its subunit, seconds of angle or SOA--equal to a sixtieth of a MOA) are also used in cartography and navigation. At sea level, one minute of angle equals about 1.15 miles or 1.86 km, approximately one nautical mile (approximately, because the Earth is slightly oblate).
Traditionally positions are given using degrees, minutes, and seconds of angles in two measurements: one for Latitude, the angle north or south of the equator; and one for Longitude, the angle east or west of the Prime Meridian. Using this method, any position on or above the face of the Earth can be precisely given. However, because of the somewhat clumsy base-60 nature of MOA and SOA, many people now prefer to give positions using degrees only, expressed in decimal form to an equal amount of precision. Degrees, given to three decimal places, are sufficient to give a position as accurately as with degrees-minutes-seconds.
The subdivision of the minute of arc is the arcsecond.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Minute of arc."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| min | English | Minute | Mathematics, Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MinuteSynonyms: atomic (adj), atomlike (adj), infinitesimal (adj), microscopic (adj), narrow (adj), arcminute (n), bit (n), hour (n), instant (n), min (n), minute of arc (n), moment (n), second (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Active application, diligent application, exclusive application, minute application, close application, intense application, deep application, profound application, abstract application, labored application, deliberate application, active attention, diligent attention, exclusive attention, minute attention, close attention, intense attention, deep attention, profound attention, abstract attention, labored attention, deliberate attention, active thought, diligent thought, exclusive thought, minute thought, close thought, intense thought, deep thought, profound thought, abstract thought, labored thought, deliberate thought, active study, diligent study, exclusive study, minute study, close study, intense study, deep study, profound study, abstract study, labored study, deliberate study. |
Changeableness | Moon, Proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, shifting sands, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers; wheel of Fortune; transientness. |
Compendium | Noun: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus. |
Description | Delineation; (representation); sketch; monograph; minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account; narration, recital, rehearsal, relation. |
Instantaneity | Moment, instant, second, minute; twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time. |
Epoch, time; time of day, time of night; hour, minute; very minute; very time, very hour; present time, right time, true time, exact correct time. | |
Littleness | Adjective: little; small; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable; (unimportant); exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative, portable; duodecimo; dumpy, squat; short. |
Newness | Late, modern, neoteric, hypermodern, nouveau; new-born, nascent, neonatal, new-fashioned, new-fangled, new-fledged; of yesterday; just out, brand-new, up to date, up to the minute, with it, fashionable, in fashion; in, hip; vernal, renovated, sempervirent, sempervirid. |
Period | Noun: period, age, era; second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum, quinquennium, lifetime, generation; epoch, ghurry, lunation, moon. |
Punctuality | Phrase: touch and go, not a minute too soon, in the nick of time, just under the wire, get on board before the train leaves the station. |
Adverb: on time, punctually, at the deadline, precisely, exactly; right on time, to the minute; in time; in good time, in military time, in pudding time, in due time; time enough; with no time to spare, by a hair's breadth. | |
Record | Verb: record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory; (remember); commemorate; (celebrate); report; (inform); write, commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum; make a return. |
Record, note, minute; register, registry; roll; (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch; (mark); muniment, deed; (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate; (evidence). | |
Rotation | Angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM. |
Smallness | Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Minute |
| English words defined with "minute": count per minute ♦ light minute ♦ Minute bell, Minute glass, minute gun. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "minute": lines per minute ♦ minute movie ♦ rotation per minute. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "minute": Minutia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Minute" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (minute, record), German (m., min., minute, moment), Samoan (minute). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'll be with you in a minute. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Just knowing that a version like that exists, knowing that just for a minute she felt that and wrote I can't help loving you. That has to be worth something (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Look, all I'm asking is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision. You know, to just sit back for one minute and look at the big picture (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) We'll see in a minute. Watch out for the feds (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) Listen to this: 7 Minute Abs. (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) | |
Lyrics | Lovin' every minute of it C'mon (Lovin' Every Minute Of It; performing artist: Loverboy) Oh with just one minute to live (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC) If every minute it makes me weaker (Shape Of My Heart; performing artist: Backstreet Boys) wait a minute, let's do (Stoney end; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) I'm not worthy for a minute of your time (First Date; performing artist: Blink-182) | |
Clever | A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. (references; author: Mark Twain) How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on. (references; author: unknown) You are an engineer if you can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting. (references; author: unknown) Sleeping on the job: This is just a 15 minute power nap like they raved about in that time management course you sent me to. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | One Minute Before Death (1972) Opt minute de vis (1965) The Fifty Minute Hour (1962) Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse (1960) Chaque minute compte (1960) | |
Song Titles | I Can't Wait Another Minute (performing artist: Hi-Five) Lovin' Every Minute Of It (performing artist: Loverboy) One Minute Man (performing artist: Missy Elliot) | |
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This image depicts adenovirus. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical weights and measures and the structure of specific elements. A three-dimensional image can be made so one can visualize an otherwise minute structure. Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer). | This is an RNA molecule. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. Data may be weights and measures, and structure to make up a three-dimensional image so one can visualize an otherwise minute structure. Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer). | ||
![]() | Histopathology of paracoccidioidomycosis, liver. Minute buds on several cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Methenamine silver stain. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | "Schwarz's P Surface 3" by Carlos César de Araújo. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more information. Very high resolution, may take a minute to generate. |
![]() | This mosaic of Mercury was taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft during its approachon 29 March 1974. The mosaic consists of 18 images taken at 42 s intervals duringa 13 minute period when the spacecraft was 200,000 km (about 6 hours prior to closestapproach) from the planet. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | A treatment plant to treat acid water at, 140 gallons per minute gpm. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
![]() | A pleasure boat at nearby Port Forchon near East Timbalier Island. Port Forchon is about a 20 minute boat ride from East Timbalier Island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ![]() | Images of snowflakes showing six-sided symmetry and ice crystals. In: "Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses....", by Robert Hooke. 1667. Call Number QH271 .H66 1667 Scheme VIII. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
![]() | Image of "the great Belly'ed Gnat or female Gnat." In: "Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses....", by Robert Hooke. 1667. Call Number QH271 .H66 1667 Scheme XXIX. P. 193. Credit: Treasures of the Library. | ![]() | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Edible shrimps, like this white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, depend on healthy estuaries for their survival. They enter the estuary from the ocean as minute post larvae and return as adults in the span of just a few months. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Dinner minute about" by Pawel Smolenski Commentary: "Empty white plate, metal fork and knife." | "Newborn" by Kevin Rohr Commentary: "Less than minute old..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned. |
| Do your best every minute -- you never know when someone is taking your measure for a better position. | |
Benjamin Franklin | Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. |
John Mortimer | Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. |
P.T. Barnum | There's a sucker born every minute. |
Phineas T(aylor) Barnum | A sucker is born every minute. |
Sydney Smith | Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in. |
William James | The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old. |
William Shakespeare | Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | In half a minute they were in the room |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | You see, a minute goes by so fearfully quick |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | This might have lasted half a minute, or a minute, but it seemed an hour |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Every minute which elapses will make your muscles crack |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Forget that baby for a minute. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I believe it was near a minute before any one knew what was become of me, for I thought it below me to cry out. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | You may even tread on them, or have your eyes on them for a minute, without discovering them |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They may occur infrequently or many times each minute. (references) | |
Heating the water to a rolling boil for at least 1 minute. (references) | ||
The trematode Heterophyes heterophyes, a minute intestinal fluke. (references) | ||
Business | Only in urban areas has the new billing system, based on per minute use, been introduced. (references) | |
Once these hours are used, there is an additional charge of up to $0.15 (+VAT) per minute. (references) | ||
There is now a tendency toward lower monthly charges and well as minute charges, for both new and existing subscriptions. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Ethiopia | There were no reports that any permits were denied; however, there were long unexplained delays in issuing permits and last minute revocations of permits, which hindered the ability of groups to organize events. (references) |
Economic History | Malaysia | Maxis Net subscribers are charged 2.5 sen per minute, while non-subscribers are charged 3 sen per minute. (references) |
West Bank | Advertising in WB/G is comparatively cheap by world standards: prime-time Palestinian radio time costs about $35 per minute. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkey | Medical examinations occur once during detention and a second time before either arraignment or release; however, the examinations generally are exceedingly brief and informal, often lasting less than a minute. (references) |
Political Economy | NIGERIA | Unfortunately, to date only a minute level of exports, mostly to West African locations, has been registered from Nigeria's EPZs. (references) |
Political Rights | Venezuela | Faced with the prospect of a chaotic and contested election, the CNE decided at the last minute to serve as a friend of the court in a pending suit by two NGO's before the Supreme Court seeking delay of the election. (references) |
Travel | Nicaragua | Approximate cost per minute is 26 U.S. cents. (references) |
Mauritius | The normal tariff for calls to the United States is currently at MRS 35 ($1.2) per minute. (references) | |
Oman | International rates are very high -- $1.30 per minute peak rate to Europe and the Western Hemisphere. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bhutan | Industry accounts for approximately 25 percent of the GDP, but employs only a minute fraction of the total work force. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | IMPROBABILITY, n. His tale he told with a solemn face And a tender, melancholy grace. Improbable 'twas, no doubt, When you came to think it out, But the fascinated crowd Their deep surprise avowed And all with a single voice averred 'Twas the most amazing thing they'd heard -- All save one who spake never a word, But sat as mum As if deaf and dumb, Serene, indifferent and unstirred. Then all the others turned to him And scrutinized him limb from limb -- Scanned him alive; But he seemed to thrive And tranquiler grow each minute, As if there were nothing in it. "What! what!" cried one, "are you not amazed At what our friend has told?" He raised Soberly then his eyes and gazed In a natural way And proceeded to say, As he crossed his feet on the mantel-shelf: "O no -- not at all; I'm a liar myself." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | Mr. Chairman, we're going to have to take a break now, but we will be back in just a minute to talk to Bill Thomas about Social Security and unemployment compensation, and possible tax reform. |
Madonna | Huge difference. The biggest difference is that they're just from the minute they can express themselves. All they're interested in is cars. Cars. |
Martha Stewart | Oh, not at all. I've only worked harder since, and haven't had a chance, not even a minute, to spend any money, so. |
Michael J. Fox | Well, I partied a lot when I was younger. And that was just, again, having to do with this kind of this imposter syndrome any minute someone is going to bang on the door and tell me good-bye. So I thought, well, I'll just be drunk when they get here. |
Regis Philbin | OK, here at NBC, David Letterman's show has just wrapped up. You know how tough it is to get him. You know what a recluse he is. He should be walking out any minute. |
Robert Novak | Senator, in opposing the national commission, Vice President Cheney also invoked national security. Let's listen for a minute to what he had to say. |
Rush Limbaugh | Don't doubt for a minute that people like Clinton, Annan, Fuehrer Gerhardt Schroeder, and other Left-wing elites are trying to create their vision of a New World Order. |
William Shatner | I would jump on it in a minute. Absolutely. So, although I'm talking about the tragedy, the death in our life, I'm totally aware of the energy of life and the necessity of living every moment as fully as possible. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | For such a digest it will be necessary that the information be full, minute, and precise. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | To enter on this occasion into a further or more minute exposition of my views on the various questions of domestic policy would be as obtrusive as it is probably unexpected. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Minute" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.66% of the time. "Minute" is used about 6,310 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.66% | 5,721 | 1,713 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 9.23% | 582 | 10,884 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.06% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.03% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,310 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "minute": a minute investigation ♦ Ampere minute ♦ any minute ♦ arc minute ♦ at the last minute ♦ beats per minute ♦ count per minute ♦ Five Minute Massage ♦ half a minute ♦ i'll be ready in a half a minute ♦ in a minute ♦ just a minute ♦ just a minute please! ♦ last minute ♦ last minute offer ♦ last minute spending ♦ light minute ♦ lines per minute ♦ Mice Minute Virus ♦ minute application ♦ minute attention ♦ minute bell ♦ minute book ♦ minute glass ♦ minute gun ♦ minute hand ♦ minute movie ♦ minute of arc ♦ minute steak ♦ minute study ♦ minute thought ♦ new York minute ♦ not a minute too soon ♦ on the minute ♦ revolution per minute ♦ revolutions per minute ♦ revs per minute ♦ rotation per minute ♦ stop a minute ♦ the minute hand of a watch ♦ this minute ♦ to the very minute ♦ words per minute. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "minute": minute-band, minute-book, minute-books, minute-by-minute, minute-glass, minute-guns, minute-in, Minute-jack, minute-long, minute-taker, minute-taking, minute-timer, minute-to-minute. | |
Ending with "minute": eighth-minute, eight-minute, fifteen-minute, forty-five-minute, forty-minute, four-minute, fourth-minute, half-a-minute, half-minute, minute-by-minute, minute-to-minute, nine-minute, ninety-minute, one-minute, pages-per-minute, second-minute, seven-minute, seventh-minute, six-minute, ten-minute, thirty-minute, three-minute, twenty-minute, two-minute, up-to-the-minute. | |
Containing "minute": four-minute man, half-minute glass, never-do-a-minute-of-overtime, three-minute glass. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
last minute | 2,627 | last minute reisen | 170 |
last minute travel | 2,544 | minute maid | 166 |
last minute vacation | 1,736 | last minute hotel | 156 |
last minute cruise | 1,204 | last minute hotel deal | 153 |
last minute flight | 996 | last minute flight deal | 150 |
last minute travel deal | 769 | last minute fare | 141 |
last minute airfare | 730 | the 7 minute miracle | 138 |
last minute deal | 632 | last minute air fare | 131 |
last minute holiday | 580 | last minute airfare deal | 126 |
last minute cruise deal | 428 | last minute reizen | 114 |
30 minute meal | 393 | cheap last minute flight | 109 |
minute maid park | 392 | one minute millionaire | 108 |
last minute club | 385 | minute | 103 |
last minute vacation deal | 308 | last minute vacation package | 101 |
10 minute resume | 295 | minute per words | 98 |
last minute ticket | 257 | last minute getaway | 93 |
8 minute dating | 255 | 2 minute drill | 84 |
the one minute manager | 255 | 8 minute abs | 84 |
last minute airline ticket | 245 | the 20 minute workout | 82 |
last minute trip | 207 | last minute cheap holiday | 82 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "minute"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | minuut. (various references) | |
Albanian | minutë. (various references) | |
Arabic | لحظة (awhile, breath, breathing, instant, jiffy, little while, moment, second, short time, tick, trice, wink), تافه (banal, commonplace, contemptible, crummy, fade, fiddling, flat, foolish, footling, fractional, frivolous, frothy, good for nothing, inane, inconsiderable, insignificant, junk, light, lilliputian, little, lowbrow, measly, naught, negligible, niggling, nonsensical, nugatory, null, paltry, pedestrian, petty, piddling, pimping, piteous, pitiable, platitudinous, pointless, puny, ridiculous, run of the mill, silly, slight, slim, small time, smelly, stupid, trifle, trifling, trite, trivial, trumpery, two a penny, two bit, twopenny-halfpenny, unimportant, unsavory, unsavoury, unworthy, vain, valueless, vapid, vile, worthless), سجل المحضر, صغير جدا (dwarfish, midget, teeny), صغير (baby, diminutive, infinitesimal, little, lower case, minuscule, niggling, petty, remote, short, small, teeny, tiny, tiny bit, wee, young), دقيقة, دون محضر, دون تقرير, برهة (breath, moment, while). (various references) | |
Asturian | minutu. (various references) | |
Basque | minutu. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | isksksínitakssin. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съвсем малък (shoestring, vest pocket), съвсем дребен (vest pocket), щателен (narrow, painstaking, scrupulous, searching, severe), точен (accurate, careful, correct, exact, express, faithful, just, literal, narrow, near, perfect, pinpoint, precise, precision, proper, punctual, refined, right, rigorous, scientific, sensitive, straight, strict, true, unerring, veracious, well-directed), официален меморандум, незначителен (cheap, dinky, fiddling, fractional, frivolous, immaterial, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, inessential, inglorious, insignificant, least, little, mean, minor, negligible, niggling, nominal, noteless, nugatory, obscure, one horse, outside, paltry, peddling, pettifogging, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, pimping, pokey, poky, poor, potty, puerile, pygmy, rabbity, scrubby, slight, small, small time, subfusc, tenuous, third class, tiddly, trifling, trivial, two-by-four, twopenny-halfpenny, unconsidered, unimportant), най-подробен, момент (instant, moment, occasion, sec, second, shake, trice, twinkling, while, whipstitch), миг (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, moment, second, shake, tick, trice, twinkle, twinkling), минута, протоколирам (protocol, record), паметна бележка (memorandum), писмени нареждания, инструкции (directions, instructions). (various references) | |
Cebuano | minuto. (various references) | |
Chamorro | minutu. (various references) | |
Chinese | 詳細 (detailed, in detail), 眇 (subtle), 纖 (delicate, fine), 分钟 (min, minutes), 分鐘 , 分 (part, to divide). (various references) | |
Cornish | mynysen. (various references) | |
Czech | minuta. (various references) | |
Danish | minut. (various references) | |
Dutch | minuut. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | uchilla pacha. (various references) | |
Esperanto | minuto. (various references) | |
Faeroese | minuttur. (various references) | |
Farsi | صورت جلسه نوشتن , دم (At, Blast, Breath, Instant, Moment, Tail, Train, Trice), ریز (Atomic, Fine, Minuscule, Pony, Shred, Small, Snippet, Tiny, Wee, Weeny), ان (Instant, It, Moment, That, Yon, Yond), جزءی (Immaterial, Imperceptible, Inappreciative, Inconsiderable, Inconspicuous, Little, Minuscule, Negligible, Nip, Nominal, Paltry, Partial, Peppercorn, Petty, Piddling, Remote, Retail, Rush, Small, Snatch, Trivial, Vain), خلاصه مذاکرات , یادداشت (Chit, Memoir, Memorandum, Notation, Record, Reminiscence), گزارش وقایع , لحظه (Flash, Instance, Instant, Moment, Second, Spot, Trice), کوچک (Bantam, Dinky, Little, Miniature, Minuscule, Petty, Pocket, Puny, Runty, Short, Small, Teeny, Thumbnail, Weeny), مسوده (Draft, Sketch), پیش نویس (Draft), پیش نویس کردن , خلاصه ساختن . (various references) | |
Finnish | minuutti. (various references) | |
French | minute. (various references) | |
Frisian | minút. (various references) | |
German | Minute (m., min., moment). (various references) | |
Greek | μικροσκοπικόσ (diminutive, microscopic, microscopical, minuscule, tiny), μικροσκοπικός (minuscule, tiny), λεπτό (centime, penny), λεπτομερής (detailed, elaborate, thorough), αρχικό σχέδιο. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | minutë. (various references) | |
Hebrew | דקה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | perc, feljegyzés (entry, memo, memorandum, memorial, note, record, recording). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menit, kecil (little, miniature, small, tiny). (various references) | |
Irish | noiméad, nóiméad (instant, moment). (various references) | |
Italian | minuto (delicate, detailed, fine, frail, petty, slight, small, tiny). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 細かい (fine, small), 微細 (delicate, detailed, micro, subtle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうみつ (detailed, elaborate), びさい (delicate, detailed, micro, subtle), さいび (meager, mean), さいち (meticulous, wit and intelligence), ふん (decapitate, droppings, excrement), せいみつ (close, detailed, exact, precise), せいち (birthplace, delicate, holy ground, sacred place, soil preparation, subtle, the Holy Land), こまかい (fine, small), めんみつ (careful, detailed, scrupulous, thorough), ちみつ (accurate, delicate, elaborate, fine). (various references) | |
Korean | 분 (min, minutes). (various references) | |
Macedonian | minuta. (various references) | |
Malagasy | minitra. (various references) | |
Manx | screeu sheese (take down, take down as letter, write down), mynimmeeaght, myn- (diminutive, elaborate, exhaustive, filings, lesser, little, niggling, petty, prefix diminutive, trifling), feer veg (pigmy, teeny-weeny, tiny, very little). (various references) | |
Maori | meneti. (various references) | |
Norwegian | minutt. (various references) | |
Occitan | minuta. (various references) | |
Papago | mi-nuhto. (various references) | |
Papiamen | minüt. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inutemay.(various references) | |
Polish | minuta. (various references) | |
Portuguese | minuto. (various references) | |
Provencal | minuta. (various references) | |
Quechua | minutotawan (after a minute). (various references) | |
Romanian | minut. (various references) | |
Romansch | minuta. (various references) | |
Romany | minòota. (various references) | |
Ruanda | iminota. (various references) | |
Russian | минута (minutes, moment). (various references) | |
Samoan | minute. (various references) | |
Scottish | mionaid (a minute, minute of time), mean (small). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | moment (jiff, jiffy, moment, momentum), momenat (jiff, jiffy, moment, momentum), minutni (minutely), minut, minuciozan (meticulous), uneti u zapisnik (score), trenutak (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, juncture, moment, point, trice, twinkling, wee), sitan (petty, piddling, small, trifling, trivial, wee), sićušan (lilliputian, little, measly, midget, pimping, tiny, weeny), računati u minutima, detaljan (detailed, elaborate, large). (various references) | |
Sicilian | minutu. (various references) | |
Spanish | minuto. (various references) | |
Swahili | dakika. (various references) | |
Swedish | minut (minuet, retail). (various references) | |
Tagalog | minúto, sandalî (time, while). (various references) | |
Tahitian | miniti. (various references) | |
Turkish | minik (diminutive, minuscule, petit, small, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny), zabıt tutmak, ufacık (dinky, inappreciable, minuscule, poky, small, smallish, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, very small, wee, weeny, wispy), tutanak tutmak, saat tutmak (clock, time), dakika, dakik (exact, nice, precise, prompt, punctual, refined, rigorous), ayrıntılı (circumstantial, detailed, diffuse, diffusive, elaborate, exhaustive, lengthy, particular), an (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, moment, point, second, snatch, span, split second, trice, wink), önemsiz (back burner, derisive, derisory, dinky, empty, fiddling, footling, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indifferent, inessential, insignificant, jerkwater, negligible, no-account, non essential, nonessential, not healthy, not worth a fig, null, of no account, of no significance, of no worth, one horse, paltry, paper, peanut, peddling, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, poky, potty, quotidian, scrubby, secondary, slight, small, smalltime, trifling, trivial, tuppeny, unessential, unimportant, unsubstantial, worthless, yeasty). (various references) | |
Turkmen | minut (r), maяda (small), kьlke (small). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хронометрувати (time), хвилина, вести протокол, незначний (bare, exiguous, imponderable, inconsiderable, inessential, insignificant, little, minor, negligible, niggling, nugacious, off, one horse, outside, petty, poor, potty, puny, pygmy, slender, slight, small, trivial), мінута, дрібний (bantam, fractional, hair splitting, little, negligible, niggling, picayune, piddling, potty, sectarian, small, small minded, tin-pot), докладний (ample, circumstantial, copious, detailed, explicit, nice, particular, play-by-play). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | một lát (awhile, duck), vụn vặt kỹ lưỡng, tỉ mỉ (close, closely, conscientious, elaborately, meticulous, minutely, narrowly, operose, particular, scrutinizingly, thorough), phút một lúc, nhỏ (miniature, off, small, tenuous, young), chi ly, cặn kẽ (a font, minutely, particular). (various references) | |
Welsh | munud (gesture, moment, nod, sign), cofnod (memorandum). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | minuta scriptura, minutus. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | minuta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 4, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai anagagwn auton o diaboloV eiV oroV uyhlon edeixen autw pasaV taV basileiaV thV oikoumenhV en stigmh cronou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et duxit illum diabolus et ostendit illi omnia regna orbis terrae in momento temporis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And þa lædde se deofol hyne. and ætywde him ealle ricu eorðan ymbehwyrftes. on anre byrhmhwile |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the deuel ladde hym in to an hiy hil, and schewide to hym alle the rewmes of the world in a moment of tyme; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And ye devyll toke him vp into an hye moutayne and shewed him all the kyngdoms of the worlde eve in ye twincklinge of an eye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the devil taking him up upon a high mountain, showed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 4, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa itaas gidala siya sa yawa ug gipakitaan, sa usa ka paglantaw, sa tanang gingharian sa kalibutan, |
| Chinese | 魔 鬼 又 領 他 上 了 高 山 、 霎 時 間 把 天 下 的 萬 國 都 指 給 他 看 。 |
| Croatian | I povede ga ðavao na visoko, pokaza mu odjednom sva kraljevstva zemlje |
| Danish | Og han førte ham op og viste ham alle Verdens Riger i et øjeblik. |
| Dutch | En als Hem de duivel geleid had op een hogen berg, toonde hij Hem al de koninkrijken der wereld, in een ogenblik tijds. |
| Finnish | Ja perkele vei hänet korkealle vuorelle ja näytti hänelle yhdessä tuokiossa kaikki maailman valtakunnat |
| French | Le diable, l`ayant élevé, lui montra en un instant tous les royaumes de la terre, |
| German | Und der Teufel führte ihn auf einen hohen Berg und zeigte ihm alle Reiche der ganzen Welt in einem Augenblick |
| Haitian Creole | Satan mennen l' yon kote ki wo. Yon sèl kou, li moutre l' tout peyi ki sou latè. |
| Hungarian | Majd felvivén õt az ördög egy nagy magas hegyre, megmutatá néki e föld minden országait egy szempillantásban, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Iblis membawa Yesus ke tempat yang tinggi, dan dalam sekejap mata Iblis menunjukkan kepada-Nya semua kerajaan di dunia. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Iblis pun membawa Dia ke kemuncak gunung, lalu memperlihatkan kepada-Nya segala kerajaan dunia ini sekejap ketika lamanya. |
| Italian | Il diavolo lo condusse in alto e, mostrandogli in un istante tutti i regni della terra, gli disse: |
| Manx Gaelic | As hug y drogh-spyrryd lesh seose eh gys mullagh slieau ard, as ayns y tullogh hug eh shilley da jeh ooilley reeriaghtyn y theihll. |
| Maori | Katahi ka arahina ia e ia ki runga, a mea kau iho kua whakakitea ki a ia nga rangatiratanga katoa o te ao. |
| Norwegian | Og djevelen førte ham op på et høit fjell og viste ham alle verdens riker i et øieblikk. |
| Portuguese | Então o Diabo, levando-o a um lugar elevado, mostrou-lhe num relance todos os reinos do mundo. |
| Rumanian | Diavolul L -a suit pe un munte knalt, i -a arqtat kntr`o clipq, toate kmpqrqyiile pqmkntului, |
| Shuar | Tura Nuyá íwianch naint Yakí Wájakmanum Jukí, Ashí nunka ainia nuna ju chichamaik iniaktusmiayi. |
| Swahili | Kisha Ibilisi akamchukua hadi mahali pa juu, akamwonyesha kwa mara moja falme zote za ulimwengu. Huyo Shetani akamwambia, |
| Swedish | Och djävulen förde honom upp på en höjd och visade honom i ett ögonblick alla riken i världen |
| Uma | Oti toe, Magau' Anudaa' mpokeni-i hilou hi kalangkoa-na. Hampinisi mata-wadi napopohiloi-i hawe'ea kamagaua' hi dunia', |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "minute": minuted, minutely, minuteman, minutemen, minuteness, minutenesses, minuter, minutes, minutest. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "minute": comminute. (additional references) | |
Words containing "minute": comminuted, comminutes. (additional references) | |
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"Minute" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mainguet, makuti, Manouche, mansuetae, Manushi, manut, Mcnutt, Menatep, mentum, menue, menuet, menut, menute, Meute, mimute, minette, miniate, minit, Minita, minite, Minitech, minitex, miniute, minizen, minnute, minote, Minotto, minte, Mintex, Mintoe, minuate, minuete, minueto, minusha, minut, minuta, minutae, minutea, minuted, minuter, minutet, minuti, minutier, minutio, minuts, minuty, miut, mlnute, Monate, monbusho, monetae, monute, mounte, mountee, Nimue. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "minute" (pronounced mi"nut, mīnuw"t , or mīnyuw"t) |
| 4 | -i" n u t | Pinot. |
| 3 | -n u t | alternate, affectionate, baronet, Bennet, bicarbonate, bluebonnet, bonnet, cabinet, compassionate, coordinate, incarnate, definite, diaconate, dispassionate, disproportionate, effeminate, electromagnet, extortionate, ferromagnet, fortunate, garnet, geminate, granite, hornet, indefinite, indeterminate, indiscriminate, infinite, innominate, inordinate, laminate, magnate, magnet, obstinate, passionate, peanut, planet, proportionate, rennet, senate, Sennet, sultanate, tenet, unfortunate, unit. |
| 3 | -n uw" t | newt. |
| 3 | -y uw" t | acute, Bute, Butte, commute, compute, cute, impute, dispute, disrepute, mute, permute, refute, repute, subacute. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: minuet, mutine. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-n-t-u" | |
-1 letter: unite, unmet, untie. | |
-2 letters: emit, etui, item, menu, mien, mine, mint, mite, muni, mute, neum, nite, time, tine, tune, unit. | |
-3 letters: emu, men, met, mun, mut, net, nim, nit, nut, ten, tie, tin, tui, tun. | |
-4 letters: em, en, et, in, it, me, mi, mu, ne, nu, ti, um, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: bitumen, minuets, minuted, minuter, minutes, mistune, mutined, mutines, pinetum, unmiter, unmitre. | |
+2 letters: bitumens, impudent, minutely, minutest, minutiae, mistuned, mistunes, muniment, mutineer, mutinied, mutinies, neumatic, rudiment, ruminate, tegumina, terminus, tumpline, umangite, unmiters, unmitred, unmitres, untimely. | |
+3 letters: acuminate, aluminate, antiserum, comminute, ctenidium, culminate, dentalium, ecumenist, embruting, emulating, emulation, equipment, fulminate, glutamine, importune, imprudent, incumbent, inurement, lunchtime, magnitude, miniature, minuteman, minutemen, multilane, multiline, multitone, muniments, mustering, mustiness, mutagenic, mutineers, muttering, neptunium, nutriment, penultima, permuting, pneumatic, rudiments, ruminated, ruminates, ruthenium, triennium, tumefying, tumplines, tunesmith, umangites, unlimited, unmerited, unmitered, untimeous, untrimmed. | |
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