Min"u*ta*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Min"ute (?; 277), n. [LL. minuta a small portion, small coin, fr. L.
minutus small: cf. F. minute. See 4th Minute.]
1. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h.
30 m.)
Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour.
Chaucer.
2. The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus (′);
as, 10° 20′).