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Meanings of minute in English
Unit of time.
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Examples for "arcminute"
Examples for "arcminute"
1
In the case of the eye (with visible) light, this means that humans can resolve objects with an angular size of about 1 arcminute.
2
The image is 5 arcminutes across.
3
Each degree can be broken into 60 arcminutes and each minute is 60 arcseconds.
1
The true meridian can thus be found within one minute of arc:
2
Helmholtz has defined the minimum angle measurable with the naked eye as being one minute of arc.
3
The human eye can't resolve any object that subtends less than three minutes of arc.
4
We've lost about two minutes of arc.
5
This has an aperture of five inches, a power of thirty diameters, and a field of view of seventy-eight minutes of arc.
Usage of minute in English
1
Collecting data every minute is certainly excessive; every 10 minutes should do.
2
It had cost the State of Washington several million dollars a minute.
3
Teams get a penalty point per goal conceded past the 90-minute mark.
4
But seriously, Miss Carver,' he added, 'forget the deal for a minute.
5
That's one step out of a four minute 40 second free skate.
6
The 35-minute stream depicts and promotes extreme violence and terrorism, he said.
7
Others, however, interpret it to mean the first minute of Friday morning.
8
He dragged himself through the days minute by minute, second by second.
9
He said the 163-minute running time reduced the number of daily screenings.
10
A number of airports around the UK have free 10-minute drop-off points.
11
Normal helicopters work at a fixed rate of rotor revolutions per minute.
12
He said on the seven minute drive home something happened between them.
13
One more minute; then he'd ask this goof to let him out.
14
Collison padded the lead with four free throws in the final minute.
15
What are you good at? The question stumped her for a minute.
16
However, on Monday, markets appeared optimistic of a last-minute deal in Washington.
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