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Noun minute has 6 senses
- minute, min - a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile"
--1 is a kind of written record, written account; time unit, unit of time; written record, written account; time unit, unit of time
--1 is a part of
--1 has parts: second, sec, s
--1 has particulars:
- moment, minute, second, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
--2 is a kind of time; time
--2 has particulars: | blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute; moment, minute, second, bit; blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute |
- moment, minute, second, instant - a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
--3 is a kind of point, point in time; point, point in time
--3 has particulars:
- minute, arcminute, minute of arc - a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
--4 is a kind of angular unit; angular unit
--4 is a part of
--4 has parts: second, arcsecond
- minute - a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"
--5 is a kind of note; note
- hour, minute - distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
--6 is a kind of distance; distance
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