minute

minute
Noun: A division of time; one sixtieth part of an hour. Verb: To make a note of something said or done. Hinshaw v State, 147 Ind 334, 377, 47 NE 157. See minutes.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • MINUTE — Forme initiale et essentielle de l’acte notarié rédigé pour instrumenter un acte juridique dont le notaire a été constitué témoin privilégié et auquel il apporte la sanction de l’autorité qui l’a investi. Malgré son caractère matériel de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • minute — 1. (mi nu t ) s. f. 1°   La soixantième partie d une heure. Une demi minute. La minute contient soixante secondes.    Compter les minutes, être dans une attente qui fait trouver le temps long. •   Sitôt que quelqu un arrivait... je sortais en… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Minute — Min ute, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. [1913 Webster] {Minute bell}, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to give notice of a death or a funeral. {Minute book}, a book in which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • minute — Ⅰ. 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 …   English terms dictionary

  • Minute — Mi*nute (m[imac]*n[=u]t or m[i^]*n[=u]t ), a. [L. minutus, p. p. of minuere to lessen. See {Minish}, {Minor}, and cf. {Menu}, {Minuet}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable; as, minute details. Minute …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • minute — minute1 [min′it] n. [OFr < ML minuta < L (pars) minuta (prima), (first) small (part), term used by Ptolemy for the sixtieth part of a unit in his system of fractions (of the circle, radius, day, later applied also to the hour): see MINUTE2] …   English World dictionary

  • Minute — Min ute (?; 277), n. [LL. minuta a small portion, small coin, fr. L. minutus small: cf. F. minute. See 4th {Minute}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m. or min.; as, 4 h. 30 m.) [1913 Webster] Four minutes …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Minute — minutė statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Dalinis plokščiojo kampo matavimo vienetas. Žymima ′: 1′ = (1/60)° = π/10800 rad. atitikmenys: angl. minute vok. Minute, f rus. минута, f pranc. minute, f ryšiai: homonimas –… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • minute — minutė statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Dalinis plokščiojo kampo matavimo vienetas. Žymima ′: 1′ = (1/60)° = π/10800 rad. atitikmenys: angl. minute vok. Minute, f rus. минута, f pranc. minute, f ryšiai: homonimas –… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • minutė — statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Dalinis plokščiojo kampo matavimo vienetas. Žymima ′: 1′ = (1/60)° = π/10800 rad. atitikmenys: angl. minute vok. Minute, f rus. минута, f pranc. minute, f ryšiai: homonimas – minutė …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • minute — Minute, Scheda, Schedula B. ex Iustiniano. Il vient de Minutus, Venant de Minuo. Car ordinairement on escrit une minute de lettre menuë, et tellement quellement escrite. Et que ainsi soit, il apper par ce que le contraire de la minute nous… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”