Definitions
characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
Word origin
From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.
Used in a sentence
“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond”
“You have twenty minutes to complete the test.”
“give me a minute”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Sixty seconds”6 letters
02“Sixty-second unit”6 letters
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