ˈaʊə(ɹ) ˈaʊɚ ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl maɪˈnjuːt maɪˈn(j)ut ˈmɪnɪt ˈməʊmənt ˈmoʊmənt ˈsɛk.(ə)nd characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination a minute inspection of the grounds a narrow scrutiny an exact and minute report infinitely or immeasurably small two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm reduced to a minute scale distance measured by the time taken to cover it we live an hour from the airport it's just 10 minutes away a short note the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour he ran a 4 minute mile a particular point in time the moment he arrived the party began an indefinitely short time wait just a moment in a mo it only takes a minute in just a bit