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noun a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
noun an indefinitely short time
noun a particular point in time
originFrom Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.
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