Minute definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MINU'TE, a. [L. minutus ... very small bulk or size; small in consequence; as a minute grain of sand; a minute filament. The blood circulates through very minute vessels. Minute divisions of a subject often perplex the understanding. Minute details are tedious. 2. Attending to small things; critical; ...
minute gun definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Minute Min"ute, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to give notice of a death or a ...
minute hand definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: points to the minutes [syn: minute hand, big hand] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1720 the ... face of a watch or clock Webster's 1913 Dictionary Minute Min"ute, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to give notice of a death or a ...
minute book definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... in which minutes have been written Webster's 1913 Dictionary Minute Min"ute, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. 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 written minutes are entered. ...
Minute bell definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Minute Min"ute, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. 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 written minutes are entered. ...
Minute glass definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Minute Min"ute, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. 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 written minutes are entered. ...
up-to-the-minute definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: up to ... most up-to- date; "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest scientific discoveries" [syn: up-to-the-minute, latest] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1912 1. extending up ... immediate present ; including the very latest information < up-to-the-minute scores > 2. marked by complete up-to-dateness < up-to-the-minute equipment > Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also up to the minute Up-to-the-minute information is the latest information ...
last-minute definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: just before a deadline; at the last minute; "last-minute arrangements" Merriam Webster's adjective see last minute Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see minute
last minute definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the latest ... money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules" [syn: eleventh hour, last minute] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1920 the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event • last-minute adjective Moby Thesaurus belatedness, cursory, deathbed, eleventh hour, eleventh-hour ...
half-minute glass definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hourglass Hour"glass`, n ... the interval measured; as, a half-hour glass, a half-minute glass. A three-minute glass is sometimes called an egg-glass, from being used ...
three-minute glass definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hourglass Hour"glass`, n ... the interval measured; as, a half-hour glass, a half-minute glass. A three-minute glass is sometimes called an egg-glass, from being used ...
revolutions per minute definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: rate of ... motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs" [syn: revolutions per minute, rpm, rev]