Definition of "Minute" :

noun: distance measured by the time taken to cover it

"Its just 10 minutes away."

noun: a short note

"The secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting."

noun: a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

noun: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

"He ran a 4 minute mile."

noun: a particular point in time

noun: an indefinitely short time

"It only takes a minute."

adjective: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

"A minute inspection of the grounds."

adjective: infinitely or immeasurably small

"Two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm."