Definition of "minute"

The Clerk or 'recording Clerk' drafts a minute and then, or at a later time, reads it to the Meeting. Subsequent contributions are on the wording of the minute only, until it can be accepted by the Meeting. Once the minute is accepted, the Meeting moves on to the next item on the agenda.

2008, Pink Dandelion, The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction, page 52

Tell her, that I some Certainty may bring; / I go this minute to attend the king.

1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe

[…] according to the Prophecies of him, which were so clear and descended to minutes and circumstances of his passion

1660, Jeremy Taylor, “Of the Probable or Thinking Conscience.”, in Ductor Dubitantium, or, The Rule of Conscience in all her Generall Measures Serving as a Great Instrument for the Determination of Cases of Conscience‎, volume 1

“Man, I haven’t seen you in a minute,” he says, smiling still. “Maybe like two, three years ago?”

2010, Kenneth Ring, Letters from Palestine, page 18

I seen Too$hort up there. Me and $hort ain't talked in a minute.

2010 June 10, Lil B, Complex.com‎

RON:I remember my first. I was a minute younger than you. […] I remember thinking, saying to myself..."This is the first time I'm eating as a person who killed someone."

2016 November 8, Ben Katai, Josh Corbin, Sharon Lennon, directed by Ben Katai, StartUp(Recapitalization) (StartUp (TV series))‎, season 1, episode 10 (TV), spoken by Ronald Dacey (Edi Gathegi)

I dare say there was a vast amount of minuting, memoranduming, and despatch-boxing, on this mighty subject.

1870 , Charles Dickens, “Administrative Reform”, in Speeches Literary and Social‎, page 133

On 17 November 1949 Jay minuted Cripps, arguing that trade liberalization on inessentials was socially regressive.

1995, Edmund Dell, The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication of Leadership in Europe‎

The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Richard Peirse, was sceptical of its findings, minuting, ‘I don’t think at this rate we could have hoped to produce the damage which is known to have been achieved.’

1996, Peter Hinchliffe, The Other Battle‎

Mr. Klingstadt, chief Auditor of the Admiralty of that city, sent for and examined them very particularly concerning the events which had befallen them; minuting down their answers in writing, with an intention of publishing himself an account of their extraordinary adventures.

2003, David Roberts, Four Against the Arctic‎

The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance.

1876 , George Bancroft, History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent‎, volume VI, pages 28–29

The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.

2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist