Definition of minute

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Minute (n.) The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.).

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Microlite :: Microlite (n.) A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope..
Rhaphides :: Rhaphides (n. pl.) Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants..
Prolixity :: Prolixity (n.) The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings..
Cleistogamous :: Cleistogamous (a.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization..
Minute :: Minute (a.) Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.
Moment :: Moment (n.) A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment..
Capillary :: Capillary (a.) Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants..
Circumstantially :: Circumstantially (adv.) In every circumstance or particular; minutely.
Concentrator :: Concentrator (n.) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air..
Second :: Second (a.) The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place..
Microsporangium :: Microsporangium (n.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. Macrosporangium.
Nemertina :: Nemertina (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela..
Britt :: Britt (n.) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.
Spore :: Spore (n.) One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species..
Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot..
Minim :: Minim (a.) Minute.
Serrulated :: Serrulated (a.) Finely serrate; having very minute teeth.
Bronchiole :: Bronchiole (n.) A minute bronchial tube.
Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
Pseudotetramera :: Pseudotetramera (n. pl.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints..
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