min
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/mɪn/
English
Definitions
noun
- A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).“You have twenty minutes to complete the test.”
- A short but unspecified time period.“Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!”
- 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.”
- (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
- Less
noun
- Memory; remembrance.
verb
- To bring to the mind of; remind
- To remember
- To mention
noun
- The lowest limit.“We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time.”
- The smallest amount.“He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.”
- 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.”
- A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
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Synonyms
instantjiffymomomentsecsecondticminute of arcminutefukientaiwaneseamoyfukkianesehokkianesemin dialectdepthourhalf-hour