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Minute

(n) /ˈmɪnɪt/
Minute

Meaning

A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.

Pronunciation

UK ˈmɪnɪt

US ˈmɪnɪt

Example Sentences

  • Keep your eyes peeled because I promise you another vehicle will be along any minute now that blows these cars out of the water.
  • The most yoghurt eaten in one minute is 1.685 kilograms (3.71 lbs) and was achieved by [Andre] [Ortolf] (Germany) in Augsburg, Germany, on 25 March 2017.
  • On average, a severe thunderstorm can produce approximately 6,000 lightning strikes every minute.
  • An international football game is 90 minutes long and those 90 minutes are distributed in two 45 minute halves.
  • Every minute, over 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.
  • The longest video on YouTube is 571 hours, 1 minute, and 41 seconds long.
  • Every minute, there are 400 tweets going out that include a link to a YouTube video.
  • Drizzle occurs when the humidity of fog attains 100% and the minute cloud droplets begin to coalesce into larger droplets.
  • Approximately 350,000 Tweets are posted every minute.
  • Every single minute, an average of 350,000 new tweets are posted on Twitter.

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