What it means

1. adjective characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
   “a minute inspection of the grounds”
2. adjective infinitely or immeasurably small
   “two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm”
3. noun a short note
   “the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting”
4. noun a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
5. noun a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
   “he ran a 4 minute mile”
6. noun distance measured by the time taken to cover it
   “we live an hour from the airport”
7. noun a particular point in time
   “the moment he arrived the party began”
8. noun an indefinitely short time
   “wait just a moment”