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MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere,...

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 565 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MINUTE (See also:Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less) , an See also:adjective meaning of very small See also:size, See also:petty or trifling; also extremely precise. In this sense the word is pronounced mi-See also:mite. 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 See also:meeting of a public or other See also:body, or to a memorandum of instructions, &c. A See also:Treasury minute in the See also:United See also:Kingdom is an See also:official memorandum authorizing certain See also:procedure. " To minute " is to draw up such a summary or memorandum. 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 See also:astronomy, See also:geometry, See also:geography, &c., of a degree in the measurement of a circle.

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