n. 分, 分钟, 片刻, 备忘录, 笔记

vt. 记录, 摘录, 测定时间

a. 微小的, 详细的

Minute \Min"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minuted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Minuting}.]
To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a
minute or a brief summary of.

The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an
edict for universal tolerance. --Bancroft.


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}, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the
running of sand.

{Minute gun}, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute
as a sign of distress or mourning.

{Minute hand}, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes
the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes.


Minute \Min"ute\ (?; 277), n. [LL. minuta a small portion, small
coin, fr. L. minutus small: cf. F. minute. See 4th {Minute}.]
1. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.
or min.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour.
--Chaucer.

2. The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus
('); as, 10[deg] 20').

3. A nautical or a geographic mile.

4. A coin; a half farthing. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Mark xii. 42)

5. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a
jot; a tittle. [Obs.]

Minutes and circumstances of his passion. --Jer.
Taylor.

6. A point of time; a moment.

I go this minute to attend the king. --Dryden.

7. pl. The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the
memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to
take minutes of a conversation or debate; to read the
minutes of the last meeting.

8. (Arch.) A fixed part of a module. See {Module}.

Note: Different writers take as the minute one twelfth, one
eighteenth, one thirtieth, or one sixtieth part of the
module.


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}.]
1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender;
inconsiderable; as, minute details. ``Minute drops.''
--Milton.

2. Attentive to small things; paying attention to details;
critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer;
minute observation.

Syn: Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact;
circumstantial; particular; detailed.

Usage: {Minute}, {Circumstantial}, {Particular}. A
circumstantial account embraces all the leading
events; a particular account includes each event and
movement, though of but little importance; a minute
account goes further still, and omits nothing as to
person, time, place, adjuncts, etc.