minute
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈmɪnɪt/
- Specialized
- An RPE chart was placed before them, and every 3 minutes subjects were asked to report their RPE.
- arc minute
- degrees and decimal minutes
Examples
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19 degrees, 30 minutes, 20 seconds north, 11 degrees, 40 minutes, 10 seconds west.
Fiction book (1995) -
And you could measure angles to within one, not one minute, but one second of Arc.
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So that would be an example of using degrees, minutes, and seconds.
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For oral reading, the median number of correctly read words per minute was recorded for each child.
Academic text (2013) -
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, latitude 10 degrees, 8 minutes south, longitude approximately 150 degrees, 18 minutes west.
Fiction book (1990) -
The wormholes Wheeler inferred were so minute (10^-35 meters) that a spaceship would never fit.
Academic text (1996) -
When measuring latitude, each degree is divided into 60 minutes of arc.
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The map indicated that the location was at 12 degrees, 30 minutes north and 75 degrees, 10 minutes west.
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In navigation, a circle is divided into 360 degrees, each of which is further divided into 60 minutes.
Synonyms
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7.9
A small unit for measuring angles equal to one sixtieth of a degree
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9.1
A measure of angle equal to one sixtieth of a degree
Idioms
Compounds
- US
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9.1
A person ready to act quickly in an emergency, often a colonial soldier in the American Revolution
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5.4
A short announcement people hear four minutes before an event ends to tell them to prepare
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4.2
A person who is arranged to care for children shortly before the care is needed
- Specialized
Amount of electric charge that a current of one amp moves in one minute
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Minute (angle) comes from the same Latin phrase pars minuta 'small part', meaning one of sixty small parts of a degree.