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MINUTE ( See also: size, See also: petty or trifling; also extremely precise
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In this sense the word is pronounced mi-See also: mite
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As a substantive and pronounced minnit the word (usually in the plural) is applied to a written See also: summary of the transactions of a meeting of a public or other See also: body, or to a memorandum of instructions, &c
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A See also: Treasury minute in the See also: United See also: Kingdom is an official memorandum authorizing certain procedure
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" To minute " is to draw up such a summary or memorandum
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More particularly, " minute " is used of the sixtieth See also: part of any unit); in See also: time, of an See also: hour; and in astronomy, See also: geometry, geography, &c., of a degree in the measurement of a circle
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