minuteness

minuteness
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minute [1] ► NOUN 1) a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour. 2) (a minute) informal a very short time. 3) (also arc minute or minute of arc) a sixtieth of a degree of angular measurement.
● up to the minute — Cf. ↑up to the minute
ORIGIN from Latin pars minuta prima 'first very small part' .
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minute [2] ► ADJECTIVE (minutest) 1) extremely small. 2) precise and meticulous.
DERIVATIVES minutely adverb minuteness noun.
ORIGIN Latin minutus 'lessened, made small' .
Ⅲ.
minute [3] ► NOUN 1) (minutes) a summarized record of the points discussed at a meeting. 2) an official memorandum.
► VERB 1) record or note (the points discussed at a meeting). 2) send a minute to.
ORIGIN French minute, from the notion of a rough copy in ‘small writing’.

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