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Word: Minute
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin minuta, feminine (used as a noun) of minutus ‘made small’. The senses ‘period of sixty seconds’ and ‘sixtieth of a degree’ derive from medieval Latin pars minuta prima ‘first minute part’
ˈmɪnɪt
a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour
Short Definition:sixty seconds
Examples:- we waited for twenty minutes
- I'll be there in ten minutes' time
- within five minutes the place was virtually empty
a sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement (symbol: ʹ)
Short Definition:sixtieth of degree
Examples:- Delta Lyrae is a double star with a separation of over 10 minutes of arc
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