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min

UK/mɪn/ US/ˈmɪn/ fairly common informal uk

noun

1.

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

  • “he ran a 4 minute mile”
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Origin

From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).

Phrases

  • max-min fairness
  • min pay

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