Definition: distance measured by the time taken to cover it
Usage: we live an hour from the airport; its just 10 minutes away
Main entry: minute
Definition: a short note
Usage: the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting
Main entry: arcminute, minute, minute of arc
Definition: a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
Definition: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
Usage: he ran a 4 minute mile
Main entry: minute, moment, second, instant
Definition: a particular point in time
Usage: the moment he arrived the party began
Main entry: second, bit, minute, mo, moment
Definition: an indefinitely short time
Usage: wait just a moment; in a mo; it only takes a minute; in just a bit
Definition: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
Usage: a minute inspection of the grounds; a narrow scrutiny; an exact and minute report
Main entry: infinitesimal, minute
Definition: infinitely or immeasurably small
Usage: two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm; reduced to a microscopic scale