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minute
A	noun
	1	hour, minute
			distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚position; spatial relation ╚placement; arrangement ╚spacing; spatial arrangement ╚distance ╚hour, minute
	2	minute
			a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚indication; indicant ╚evidence ╚record ╚written record; written account ╚note ╚minute
	3	minute, arcminute, minute of arc
			a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚unit of measurement; unit ╚angular unit ╚minute, arcminute, minute of arc
	4	minute, min
			a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚time unit; unit of time ╚minute, min
	5	moment, minute, second, instant
			a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚point; point in time ╚moment, minute, second, instant ╚psychological moment ╚time ╚pinpoint ╚moment of truth ╚moment of truth ╚eleventh hour; last minute ╚climax; culmination
	6	moment, minute, second, bit
			an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚fundamental quantity; fundamental measure ╚time period; period of time; period ╚time ╚moment, minute, second, bit ╚blink of an eye; flash; heartbeat; instant; jiffy; split second; trice; twinkling; wink; New York minute
B	adjective
	1	minute, narrow
			characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

	2	infinitesimal, minute, microscopic
			infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"

	3	atomic, atomlike, minute
			immeasurably small

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