minute

noun

1. the sixtieth part of any of certain units; specif.,
   1. of an hour; sixty seconds
   2. of a degree of an arc; sixty seconds: symbol, ′
2. a very short period of time; moment; instant
3. a specific point in time
4. a measure of the distance usually covered in a minute five minutes from downtown
5. 1. a note or memorandum
   2. an official record of what was said and done at a meeting, convention, etc.

Etymology: OFr < ML minuta < L (pars) minuta (prima), (first) small (part), term used by Ptolemy for the sixtieth part of a unit in his system of fractions (of the circle, radius, day, later applied also to the hour): see minute

transitive verb minuted -·uted, minuting -·ut·ing

1. to time to the minute
2. 1. to make a minute, or memorandum, of; record
   2. to put in the minutes of a meeting, etc.

adjective

1. very small; tiny
2. of little importance or significance; petty; trifling
3. of, characterized by, or attentive to tiny details; exact; precise

Etymology: ME < L minutus, little, small, pp. of minuere, to lessen, diminish < minor: see minor