ETYM Late Lat. minuta a small portion, small coin, from Latin minutus small: cf. French minute. Related to Minute.
1. A short note.
2. A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree; SYN. arcminute, minute of arc.
3. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; SYN. min.
Also a unit of angle equal to one sixtieth of a degree.