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• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

MINUTE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)  , an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective meaning of very small See also:

• SIZE

size, See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty or trifling; also extremely precise . In this sense the word is pronounced mi-See also:

• MITE

mite . As a substantive and pronounced minnit the word (usually in the plural) is applied to a written See also:

• SUMMARY

summary of the transactions of a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of a public or other See also:

• BODY

body, or to a memorandum of instructions, &c . A See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom is an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official memorandum authorizing certain See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure . " To minute " is to draw up such a summary or memorandum . More particularly, " minute " is used of the sixtieth See also:

• PART

part of any unit); in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, of an See also:

• HOUR

hour; and in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, See also:

• GEOMETRY

geometry, See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, &c., of a degree in the measurement of a circle .