minutes

Meanings

• noun

  A small time unit equal to 60 seconds.

  - "He finished the race in 10 minutes."
  - "Please wait for 5 more minutes."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with minutes
junes , juneses , junta , junta's

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Variants

List of all variants of minutes that leads to same result
minute , minutes , minuted , minuting , within minutes , arc minute , arc minutes , last minute , last minutes , last-minute , New York minute , New York minutes , sidereal minute , sidereal minutes , at a minute's notice , at a moment's notice , at a moment's/minute's notice , have a few minutes , have a few minutes/moments , have a few moments , on a minute's notice , on a moment's notice , on a moment's/minute's notice

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Forms

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minute, minutes

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Etymology

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The word 'minutes' comes from the Latin word 'minutus', which means 'small'. It was originally used to denote a small fraction of an hour.

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Trivia

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1. There are 1,440 minutes in a day.

2. The shortest recorded minute was 43.19 seconds, set by Oliver Hood in 1996.

3. The longest recorded minute was 61 minutes and 40 seconds, which occurred during an atomic clock calibration in 1958.

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Related Concepts

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1. seconds: 60 seconds make up 1 minute.

2. hours: 1 hour contains 60 minutes.

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Culture

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Minutes have been used in various forms of art and literature to represent the passage of time. For example, in music, a minute is equal to 60 beats per minute. In literature, minutes have been used as a symbol of waiting or passing time.

How to Memorize "minutes"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a clock with 60 seconds on its minute hand.
   - Visualize a minute as 60 small units.

2. associate
   

   - Associate minutes with the number 60.
   - Associate minutes with the passage of time.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic '60 seconds in a minute' to remember the relationship between minutes and seconds.
   - Use the mnemonic 'Minutes Mean Many' to remember that 1 hour contains 60 minutes.

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