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(n)
A unit of angle; 1/60 of a degree.
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An angle, one sixtieth of a degree or 1/21,600 of a complete circle.
(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
(adj)
(obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less; smaller; lower.
(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
Resembling or characteristic of an atom.
Pertaining to the microscope; achieved by means of a microscope.
So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
A particular point of time; an instant.
A very short period of time; a moment.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
Small in size.
Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
minutes; plural of min
(informal) A microphone.
A general description of some subject.
(law) Initialism of emission reduction unit.
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
A surname.
A phase.
A place where things join, a junction.
An act of tracing.
A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
A small dot or mark.
(v)
(UK, colloquial) To urinate.
(not comparable) Newly created.
(informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
Relating to now, for the time being; current.
(Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
(of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
(loosely) Both exact and accurate.
A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(loosely) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
(usually proscribed) Alternative form of minuscule. [Written in minuscules, lowercase.]
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
(medicine, colloquial) Percutaneous.
Very small; tiny.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
(informal) A small amount; a little bit.
(adv)
During the interval; meanwhile.
Very small.
The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
Uninterrupted.
Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
Senses relating to tangible things.
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
(transitive) To convert (text) to lower case.
Hard to deal with, complicated.
Alternative spelling of lowercase. [In lower case.]
A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
The absence of any sound.
Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.
Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.
Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A fraction of a second; hence (figurative, also attributive) a very short time period; an instant, a moment.
(transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻³ seconds. Symbol: ms
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁶ seconds. Symbol: μs
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
A diminutive of the male given names Mohammed, Moses, Maurice, Morris, Moritz, or Mortimer.
(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
Abbreviation of minimum. [The lowest limit.]