1.a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour;
he ran a 4 minute mile
2.an indefinitely short time;
wait just a moment
3.a particular point in time;
the moment he arrived the party began
4.a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
5.a short note;
the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting
6.distance measured by the time taken to cover it;
we live an hour from the airport
7.infinitely or immeasurably small;
two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
8.immeasurably small
9.characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
a minute inspection of the grounds