Minute

A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).

"You have twenty minutes to complete the test."

A short but unspecified time period.

"Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!"

A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

"We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc."

(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

"Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting."

Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

"I’ll minute this evening’s meeting."

To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.