Definition of minute

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of minute is as below...

Minute (n.) A nautical or a geographic mile.

Lern More About Minute

Copepoda :: Copepoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine..
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..
Leucoplastid :: Leucoplastid (n.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.
Discoverable :: Discoverable (a.) Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry..
Rhabdolith :: Rhabdolith (n.) A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.
Diminutely :: Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.
Hour :: Hour (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
Mill :: Mill (n.) To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute..
Gland :: Gland (n.) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product..
Spiculate :: Spiculate (a.) Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets..
Prolixity :: Prolixity (n.) The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton..
Utricular :: Utricular (a.) Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; -- said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid..
Papilla :: Papilla (n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue..
Monad :: Monad (n.) A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid..
Pillwort :: Pillwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass..
Grain :: Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc..
Protocol :: Protocol (n.) The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction..
Glomuliferous :: Glomuliferous (a.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.
Scab :: Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us