minute

An indefinitely short time.

“it only takes a minute”

A particular point in time.

A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.

“he ran a 4 minute mile”

Distance measured by the time taken to cover it.

“its just 10 minutes away”

A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree.

A short note.

“the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting”

Infinitely or immeasurably small.

“two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm”

Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination.

“a minute inspection of the grounds”

“an exact and minute report”