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min

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/mɪn/ English

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noun

  1. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).“You have twenty minutes to complete the test.”
  2. A short but unspecified time period.“Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!”
  3. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.“We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.”
  4. (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.“Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.”

adjective

  1. Less

noun

  1. Memory; remembrance.

verb

  1. To bring to the mind of; remind
  2. To remember
  3. To mention

noun

  1. The lowest limit.“We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time.”
  2. The smallest amount.“He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.”
  3. A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).“The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth.”
  4. A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

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